The Kitchen Table Bill: Trump’s Farm Bill Chaos and Your Grocery Bill
From SNAP cuts to trucking slowdowns, Washington’s political games are raising food prices and squeezing family budgets.
On a humid August morning in the Midwest, a line of semis idled outside a grain elevator. The drivers weren’t hauling anything that day. Contracts had been put on hold after a round of USDA conservation payments got frozen. Down the road, in the local grocery store, a mother was trying to stretch her reduced SNAP benefits to cover milk, cereal, and brea…
