Randy Rosso
@fooddatanerd.com
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Randy Rosso (he/him). NO DMs unless I know u. No indiv donations. Food data nerd. Women’s soccer, Wash Spirit/USWNT fan. Food=human right. Trans rights are human rights.
https://open.substack.com/pub/makethemathwork
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🥗 monthly SNAP data (benefits, and persons and households participating) by state (including DC @dchunger.bsky.social) @fracposts.bsky.social
October 1988 through September 2025, published by FNS on December 12, 2025 (accessed today 12-19-2025)
dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?f...
October 1988 through September 2025, published by FNS on December 12, 2025 (accessed today 12-19-2025)
dataverse.harvard.edu/file.xhtml?f...
🥗 When, O God, will the horrors perpetrated on Gaza cease.
January 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
🥗 When, O God, will the horrors perpetrated on Gaza cease.
I was fortunate enough to see HadesTown on Broadway last week, starring the divine goddess Allison Russell as Persephone! It was fantastic. One part that haunts me: Why We Build the Wall
How does the wall keep us free? The wall keeps out the enemy
Who do we call the enemy?
The enemy is poverty
How does the wall keep us free? The wall keeps out the enemy
Who do we call the enemy?
The enemy is poverty
January 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I was fortunate enough to see HadesTown on Broadway last week, starring the divine goddess Allison Russell as Persephone! It was fantastic. One part that haunts me: Why We Build the Wall
How does the wall keep us free? The wall keeps out the enemy
Who do we call the enemy?
The enemy is poverty
How does the wall keep us free? The wall keeps out the enemy
Who do we call the enemy?
The enemy is poverty
🥗 Remember, this preposterous #SNAP recertification demand is coming when SNAP admin funds are being slashed by 50%! USDA wants Minnesota to fail, and will punish hungry Minnesotans who are caught in the fray.
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 PM
🥗 Remember, this preposterous #SNAP recertification demand is coming when SNAP admin funds are being slashed by 50%! USDA wants Minnesota to fail, and will punish hungry Minnesotans who are caught in the fray.
USDA's War on the Hungry Targets Minnesota
Minnesota headed for a hunger crisis
open.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
🥗 Finalizing this Minnesota SNAP blog. Oh what a tangled web we weave. This is a complicated one.
January 12, 2026 at 3:16 AM
🥗 Finalizing this Minnesota SNAP blog. Oh what a tangled web we weave. This is a complicated one.
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This is like the millionth recall I’ve heard about recently
How many people don’t hear about them? More than not, probably
How many people don’t hear about them? More than not, probably
Frozen Tater Tots Recalled in 26 States Due to Possible Contamination with Plastic
More than 38,000 cases of frozen tater tots have been recalled over concerns they may contain hard plastic fragments. McCain Foods USA Inc. issued a voluntary recall of approximately 38,853 cases of O...
people.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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🥗 Anyone know where to find data on the number of #SNAP recertifications by state and month? I can find timeliness data but not the total number of applications recertified.
#agsky
Working on a blog post on USDA's order that Minnesota recertify 100,000 applications by, uh... Thursday.
#agsky
Working on a blog post on USDA's order that Minnesota recertify 100,000 applications by, uh... Thursday.
January 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
🥗 Trump says his “morality” is the only thing that can limit what he does, that “can stop me”. Heavens help us all.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Highlights From The Times’s Interview With President Trump
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
🥗 Trump says his “morality” is the only thing that can limit what he does, that “can stop me”. Heavens help us all.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
🥗 New dietary guidelines ease up on saturated fats limits... Off to feast on bacon sausages!
January 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
🥗 New dietary guidelines ease up on saturated fats limits... Off to feast on bacon sausages!
🥗 Well this is an interesting wrinkle
Self-Initiated Community Service (SICS) – unpaid work for a nonprofit org in exchange for SNAP benefits. The number of hours worked must equal the monthly food assistance benefit amount divided by the state minimum wage.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/assist...
Self-Initiated Community Service (SICS) – unpaid work for a nonprofit org in exchange for SNAP benefits. The number of hours worked must equal the monthly food assistance benefit amount divided by the state minimum wage.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/assist...
www.michigan.gov
January 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
🥗 Well this is an interesting wrinkle
Self-Initiated Community Service (SICS) – unpaid work for a nonprofit org in exchange for SNAP benefits. The number of hours worked must equal the monthly food assistance benefit amount divided by the state minimum wage.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/assist...
Self-Initiated Community Service (SICS) – unpaid work for a nonprofit org in exchange for SNAP benefits. The number of hours worked must equal the monthly food assistance benefit amount divided by the state minimum wage.
www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/assist...
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January 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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H.R. 1 SNAP cuts won’t stop at the grocery store. They will ripple through school meals, WIC, CACFP, and summer nutrition programs—putting kids at risk.
Join us Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 3 pm ET to learn what’s at stake and how to protect access to meals. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Join us Wednesday, Jan. 7 at 3 pm ET to learn what’s at stake and how to protect access to meals. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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Reposted by Randy Rosso
UPDATE: *peace president* Trump bombs Venezuela… (after pardoning an ex president of Honduras for drug trafficking)
This is about oil (+ distracting from Epstein), not drugs.
“international condemnation followed US military strikes on Venezuela”: www.trtworld.com/article/ab57...
This is about oil (+ distracting from Epstein), not drugs.
“international condemnation followed US military strikes on Venezuela”: www.trtworld.com/article/ab57...
January 3, 2026 at 1:38 PM
UPDATE: *peace president* Trump bombs Venezuela… (after pardoning an ex president of Honduras for drug trafficking)
This is about oil (+ distracting from Epstein), not drugs.
“international condemnation followed US military strikes on Venezuela”: www.trtworld.com/article/ab57...
This is about oil (+ distracting from Epstein), not drugs.
“international condemnation followed US military strikes on Venezuela”: www.trtworld.com/article/ab57...
🥗 New SNAP food restrictions in Iowa are now in effect. Cue the confusion, higher grocery prices, and checkout counter shame.
Good explainer from @fracposts.bsky.social
frac.org/blog/iowas-i...
Good explainer from @fracposts.bsky.social
frac.org/blog/iowas-i...
Iowa’s Impending SNAP Restriction Waiver Will Hurt Us All - Food Research & Action Center
Published on December 29, 2025 In just days, Iowa is set to implement the most restrictive food purchasing rules in the country for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Effective Janu...
frac.org
January 3, 2026 at 5:46 PM
🥗 New SNAP food restrictions in Iowa are now in effect. Cue the confusion, higher grocery prices, and checkout counter shame.
Good explainer from @fracposts.bsky.social
frac.org/blog/iowas-i...
Good explainer from @fracposts.bsky.social
frac.org/blog/iowas-i...
🥗 For all the GOP pols yapping about "protecting American taxpayers" and preserving SNAP for those who "truly need it"--protect American taxpayers from scams like this. And protect SNAP participants from skimming.
January 3, 2026 at 4:43 AM
🥗 For all the GOP pols yapping about "protecting American taxpayers" and preserving SNAP for those who "truly need it"--protect American taxpayers from scams like this. And protect SNAP participants from skimming.
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January 3, 2026 at 3:12 AM
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🥗 I'm sorry, but did Sec. Rollins say requiring Minnesota to reprocess 100,000 SNAP applications in 30 days would "increase efficiency!!!" EFFICIENCY?!
Yes, yes she did. Nothing more efficient than doing work that's already done. Does she know how expensive this is?!
civileats.com/food-policy-...
Yes, yes she did. Nothing more efficient than doing work that's already done. Does she know how expensive this is?!
civileats.com/food-policy-...
Food Policy Tracker
The Civil Eats Food Policy Tracker is your daily, go-to source for actions taken by the President, federal agencies, and Congress that directly relate to or have significant implications for the food ...
civileats.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
🥗 I'm sorry, but did Sec. Rollins say requiring Minnesota to reprocess 100,000 SNAP applications in 30 days would "increase efficiency!!!" EFFICIENCY?!
Yes, yes she did. Nothing more efficient than doing work that's already done. Does she know how expensive this is?!
civileats.com/food-policy-...
Yes, yes she did. Nothing more efficient than doing work that's already done. Does she know how expensive this is?!
civileats.com/food-policy-...
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January 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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🥗 Happy New Year! May 2026 usher in a new era of pro-affordability and food justice policies, starting with newly sworn in Mayor Mamdani!
January 1, 2026 at 2:47 PM
🥗 Happy New Year! May 2026 usher in a new era of pro-affordability and food justice policies, starting with newly sworn in Mayor Mamdani!
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January 1, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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The pain is real. Way past time to meet people where they are and enact policies that bring relief snd solve real problems.
The pain is real. Way past time to meet people where they are and enact policies that bring relief snd solve real problems.
Food insecurity in 2024 was almost the same rate it was during the Great Recession.... but sure everything is totally fine in our economy
December 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The pain is real. Way past time to meet people where they are and enact policies that bring relief snd solve real problems.
The pain is real. Way past time to meet people where they are and enact policies that bring relief snd solve real problems.