Autumn Moen
@autumnmoen.bsky.social
Food systems advocate from Iowa, based in Vermont.
Did you know that SNAP supports roughly 388,000 jobs across the food industry? Cuts to SNAP will impact grocers across the country, particularly in rural areas.
Food Stamp Cuts Could Deal a Blow to Small Grocers
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Did you know that SNAP supports roughly 388,000 jobs across the food industry? Cuts to SNAP will impact grocers across the country, particularly in rural areas.
The Scott Administration just gave away private data of SNAP participants from the last 5 years - including mine! This includes name, date of birth, address, and social security number.
Disgusted doesn't even begin to cover it.
Disgusted doesn't even begin to cover it.
The Trump administration demanded SNAP recipients' personal data. Vermont has complied
As other states mount a legal challenge to the Trump administration's demand for residents' personal data, the Scott administration has voluntarily handed over the names, dates of birth, social securi...
www.vermontpublic.org
August 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Scott Administration just gave away private data of SNAP participants from the last 5 years - including mine! This includes name, date of birth, address, and social security number.
Disgusted doesn't even begin to cover it.
Disgusted doesn't even begin to cover it.
Rural grocery stores may be forced to close if the #SNAP cuts in the 'Big Beautiful Bill' are passed. This would be devastating for rural communities across the country, who already face higher rates of hunger.
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ food stamp cuts may kill rural grocery stores: ‘We already have hungry kids’
Together, the changes would remove more than 3 million Americans from SNAP.
www.al.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Rural grocery stores may be forced to close if the #SNAP cuts in the 'Big Beautiful Bill' are passed. This would be devastating for rural communities across the country, who already face higher rates of hunger.
What would you do if you lost healthcare coverage? What if your money for groceries was slashed? That’s the reality hundreds of thousands of Vermonters could face if the #Senate does not protect #Medicaid & #SNAP in their budget. This isn’t just a program. It’s people’s lives.
June 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#SNAP feeds kids, but the "Big Beautiful Bill" abandons a 50-year promise that children in rural towns or urban centers won’t go hungry. And for the first time, it rips assistance from working parents just trying to put food on the table. Vermont kids will pay the price.
June 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
#SNAP feeds kids, but the "Big Beautiful Bill" abandons a 50-year promise that children in rural towns or urban centers won’t go hungry. And for the first time, it rips assistance from working parents just trying to put food on the table. Vermont kids will pay the price.
Thank you Congresswoman Balint (@balint.house.gov) for voting NO on billion $ budget cuts that take away the food assistance & healthcare that millions of Vermonters count on- all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. We are grateful for leaders like you who put our health & wellbeing first.
June 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Thank you Congresswoman Balint (@balint.house.gov) for voting NO on billion $ budget cuts that take away the food assistance & healthcare that millions of Vermonters count on- all to pay for tax breaks for the ultra wealthy. We are grateful for leaders like you who put our health & wellbeing first.
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🚨 This bill gets more egregious by the minute. Rules just dropped an amended “Big Beautiful Bill” that includes a provision to pressure health exchange plans to drop abortion services except in the case of rape or the life of the mother, even if federal funds are not used to cover the services.
May 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
🚨 This bill gets more egregious by the minute. Rules just dropped an amended “Big Beautiful Bill” that includes a provision to pressure health exchange plans to drop abortion services except in the case of rape or the life of the mother, even if federal funds are not used to cover the services.
So tens of millions of people are going to lose Medicaid and SNAP as part of this shady budget reconciliation process that continues to happen in the middle of the night when no one is awake to watch, and NO major news podcast had bothered to cover it?!
May 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
So tens of millions of people are going to lose Medicaid and SNAP as part of this shady budget reconciliation process that continues to happen in the middle of the night when no one is awake to watch, and NO major news podcast had bothered to cover it?!
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Alert 🚨
Have you seen my colleagues??
Republicans want to lower the age of a minor from 18 to 7, meaning once a child turns 7 their parents will be kicked off of SNAP if they don’t meet the work requirements.
Rs have left the room & refuse to defend this policy.
ALL THEIR SEATS ARE EMPTY!
Have you seen my colleagues??
Republicans want to lower the age of a minor from 18 to 7, meaning once a child turns 7 their parents will be kicked off of SNAP if they don’t meet the work requirements.
Rs have left the room & refuse to defend this policy.
ALL THEIR SEATS ARE EMPTY!
May 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Alert 🚨
Have you seen my colleagues??
Republicans want to lower the age of a minor from 18 to 7, meaning once a child turns 7 their parents will be kicked off of SNAP if they don’t meet the work requirements.
Rs have left the room & refuse to defend this policy.
ALL THEIR SEATS ARE EMPTY!
Have you seen my colleagues??
Republicans want to lower the age of a minor from 18 to 7, meaning once a child turns 7 their parents will be kicked off of SNAP if they don’t meet the work requirements.
Rs have left the room & refuse to defend this policy.
ALL THEIR SEATS ARE EMPTY!
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The Republican-proposed SNAP cut would be the largest rollback of an anti-hunger program in our nation’s history. It will take food off the table for families and single moms, force rural grocery stores to close and make our farmers poorer.
It’s a hard no from me.
It’s a hard no from me.
May 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Republican-proposed SNAP cut would be the largest rollback of an anti-hunger program in our nation’s history. It will take food off the table for families and single moms, force rural grocery stores to close and make our farmers poorer.
It’s a hard no from me.
It’s a hard no from me.
As Rep. Sorensen (IL-17) said in his opening remarks - "You want to increase work requirements [for SNAP recipients] but you can't even show up for work!"
Shameful to not even be present and accountable for the cruelty they are unleashing on people in their own districts, and all over the country.
Shameful to not even be present and accountable for the cruelty they are unleashing on people in their own districts, and all over the country.
Republicans can’t even defend their cruel & partisan cuts to SNAP. They’ve had nothing to say during the first 3 hrs of this markup. While pushing work requirements for vulnerable Americans- most R’s have left Cmte and gone to bed for the night while Dems are still here fighting to feed people.
May 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
As Rep. Sorensen (IL-17) said in his opening remarks - "You want to increase work requirements [for SNAP recipients] but you can't even show up for work!"
Shameful to not even be present and accountable for the cruelty they are unleashing on people in their own districts, and all over the country.
Shameful to not even be present and accountable for the cruelty they are unleashing on people in their own districts, and all over the country.
Reminder that the House Ag Committee is meeting today to finalize their plan to cut SNAP by $290M (yes, they have increased the proposed cuts!) while increasing aid to commodity farmers who, by the way, don't grow crops that feed people!!
May 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reminder that the House Ag Committee is meeting today to finalize their plan to cut SNAP by $290M (yes, they have increased the proposed cuts!) while increasing aid to commodity farmers who, by the way, don't grow crops that feed people!!
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Tonight, the House Agriculture Committee will begin to markup the Republican reconciliation bill that proposes $313B in cuts to SNAP. We expect this to last well into the night, but I am prepared to advocate on behalf of every hungry child, family, and senior — for as long as it takes.
May 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Tonight, the House Agriculture Committee will begin to markup the Republican reconciliation bill that proposes $313B in cuts to SNAP. We expect this to last well into the night, but I am prepared to advocate on behalf of every hungry child, family, and senior — for as long as it takes.
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Bayer, which makes the pesticide glyphosate, has an interactive exhibit in Washington, DC’s Union Station advertising the chemical’s benefits and warning that, without it, food prices will go up more.
Bayer is facing thousands of lawsuits from plaintiffs who say glyphosate caused their cancer.
Bayer is facing thousands of lawsuits from plaintiffs who say glyphosate caused their cancer.
May 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Bayer, which makes the pesticide glyphosate, has an interactive exhibit in Washington, DC’s Union Station advertising the chemical’s benefits and warning that, without it, food prices will go up more.
Bayer is facing thousands of lawsuits from plaintiffs who say glyphosate caused their cancer.
Bayer is facing thousands of lawsuits from plaintiffs who say glyphosate caused their cancer.
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Breaking News: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student and organizer of the pro-Palestinian movement, was freed from federal custody on Wednesday after ICE tried to rescind his green card and deport him. nyti.ms/4iGIa0m
April 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Breaking News: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia University student and organizer of the pro-Palestinian movement, was freed from federal custody on Wednesday after ICE tried to rescind his green card and deport him. nyti.ms/4iGIa0m
Today is the Northeast Region SNAP Day of Action! Organizations from across New England and New York have planned this day to mobilize folks to contact their legislators and ask them to say NO to any cuts to SNAP!!
April 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today is the Northeast Region SNAP Day of Action! Organizations from across New England and New York have planned this day to mobilize folks to contact their legislators and ask them to say NO to any cuts to SNAP!!
Turns out that providing meals at school with no cost increases participation!! [shock!]
Free meals decrease stigma, improve kids health, foster better learning environments, and help reach families who don't otherwise qualify for free meals but are struggling to meet their basic needs.
Free meals decrease stigma, improve kids health, foster better learning environments, and help reach families who don't otherwise qualify for free meals but are struggling to meet their basic needs.
The Reach of School Breakfast and Lunch During the 2023–2024 School Year - Food Research & Action Center
frac.org
April 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Turns out that providing meals at school with no cost increases participation!! [shock!]
Free meals decrease stigma, improve kids health, foster better learning environments, and help reach families who don't otherwise qualify for free meals but are struggling to meet their basic needs.
Free meals decrease stigma, improve kids health, foster better learning environments, and help reach families who don't otherwise qualify for free meals but are struggling to meet their basic needs.
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SNAP is more at risk than ever, and a policy that shifts costs to states could cut food assistance for nearly 43 million Americans. CAP's Kyle Ross explains:
Shifting SNAP Costs to States Would Make Future Recessions Worse
Ending the federal funding guarantee for food assistance would cut benefits and undermine the effectiveness of one of the strongest available tools to combat recessions.
www.americanprogress.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
SNAP is more at risk than ever, and a policy that shifts costs to states could cut food assistance for nearly 43 million Americans. CAP's Kyle Ross explains:
"We write to make our position on this legislation perfectly clear: Congress should not give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans by taking away food assistance from millions of Americans."
Senate Democrats Warn About Republicans Raising Food Costs to Give Tax Breaks to Billionaires | The United States Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats sent an open letter to the American public warning that Congressional Republicans are trying to take food away from...
www.agriculture.senate.gov
April 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"We write to make our position on this legislation perfectly clear: Congress should not give tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans by taking away food assistance from millions of Americans."
Cuts to SNAP will force Americans into hunger while also taking a sledge hammer to small grocery stores that depend on the vast amount of federal dollars spent at their stores. This will be especially devastating for rural and low-income communities.
Gina Plata-Nino, FRAC’s Deputy Director of SNAP, sits down with Stephanie Johnson of the National Grocers Association.
They explore how proposed SNAP cuts threaten small grocers, local jobs, and food access.
Read the piece: bit.ly/4lAStWq
They explore how proposed SNAP cuts threaten small grocers, local jobs, and food access.
Read the piece: bit.ly/4lAStWq
Part 3: The Real Cost of Cutting SNAP: Jobs Lost, Stores Closed, Communities Undermined - Food Research & Action Center
Published April 17, 2025 Gina Plata-Nino, JD, FRAC Deputy Director of SNAP, and Stephanie Johnson, RDN, Group Vice President, Government Relations and Political Affairs, National Grocers Association ...
bit.ly
April 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Cuts to SNAP will force Americans into hunger while also taking a sledge hammer to small grocery stores that depend on the vast amount of federal dollars spent at their stores. This will be especially devastating for rural and low-income communities.
Passing a budget blueprint that lays out a path to push tens of millions of Americans into poverty at a time when hunger is on the rise is evil, cruel, disgusting, and unfortunately, not surprising.
Early this morning, the House of Representatives narrowly passed the Senate’s version of a budget blueprint, sending a troubling message to tens of millions of Americans who struggle to make ends meet. bit.ly/3G1W2Vj
Budget Blueprint Passed by Senate, House Threatens Food Security and Health of Millions of Americans - Food Research & Action Center
Media Contact: Jordan Baker [email protected] 202-640-1118 Statement attributable to Crystal FitzSimons, interim president, Food Research & Action Center (FRAC) WASHINGTON, April 10, 2025 – Early this ...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Passing a budget blueprint that lays out a path to push tens of millions of Americans into poverty at a time when hunger is on the rise is evil, cruel, disgusting, and unfortunately, not surprising.
Remember, R's want to take food out of the mouths of young children to make room for tax cuts to the wealthiest people in America.
"...based on the SNAP cuts alone, proposed cuts could put hundreds of thousands of infants and young children at risk of losing their automatic eligibility for WIC."
"...based on the SNAP cuts alone, proposed cuts could put hundreds of thousands of infants and young children at risk of losing their automatic eligibility for WIC."
Proposed Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid Would Negatively Impact WIC - Food Research & Action Center
Published April 4, 2025 Proposed Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid Would Negatively Impact WIC The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides essential nutrition s...
frac.org
April 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Remember, R's want to take food out of the mouths of young children to make room for tax cuts to the wealthiest people in America.
"...based on the SNAP cuts alone, proposed cuts could put hundreds of thousands of infants and young children at risk of losing their automatic eligibility for WIC."
"...based on the SNAP cuts alone, proposed cuts could put hundreds of thousands of infants and young children at risk of losing their automatic eligibility for WIC."
One of the ways that the Trump Administration wants to cut federal programs is by cost shifting SNAP benefits to states.
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Imposing SNAP Food Benefit Costs on States Would Worsen Hunger, Hurt States’ Ability to Meet Residents’ Needs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Requiring states to pay even a modest portion of SNAP benefits would radically change the program’s funding structure, abandoning the long-standing national commitment to provide low-income households...
www.cbpp.org
April 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One of the ways that the Trump Administration wants to cut federal programs is by cost shifting SNAP benefits to states.
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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The people who feed America are going hungry.
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Food #Hunger #Farms #Agriculture #Immigration
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Food #Hunger #Farms #Agriculture #Immigration
The people who feed America are going hungry
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
grist.org
February 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The people who feed America are going hungry.
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Food #Hunger #Farms #Agriculture #Immigration
Climate change is escalating a national crisis, leaving farmworkers with empty plates and mounting costs.
grist.org/food-and-agr...
#Food #Hunger #Farms #Agriculture #Immigration
The mass firing of federal employees is hitting critical food systems researchers here in Vermont:
At least nine employees have been fired so far, including six scientists, stripping the team of years of institutional knowledge focused on building a more sustainable agricultural future.
Shockwaves at Vermont’s USDA research unit as half the team is laid off - VTDigger
At least nine employees have been fired so far, including six scientists, stripping the team of years of institutional knowledge focused on building a more sustainable agricultural future.
vtdigger.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The mass firing of federal employees is hitting critical food systems researchers here in Vermont: