Cutting SNAP Cuts the Farm: When the Table Goes Empty in America’s Heartland

Washington’s war on food assistance isn’t about saving money. It’s about starving the people and the producers who feed this country.

If you really want to see what “fiscal responsibility” looks like in 2025, drive past a shuttered grocery store in a rural county and look at the For Sale sign on the grain elevator down the road. That’s what happens when politicians in Washington decide to “trim the fat” by gutting SNAP — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that feeds 40 mill…