Attorney General Anne Lopez joined a coalition of 22 other attorneys general and three governors today in filing a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture and its Secretary Brooke Rollins for unlawfully suspending the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

A Rhode Island courtroom is the setting for a crucial hearing on federal food assistance, as states and groups challenge the Trump administration's handling of SNAP benefits during the government shutdown.

States will likely experience procedural difficulties which would affect November SNAP benefits reaching households in a timely manner and in the correctly reduced amounts,” the USDA said.

SNAP users in Louisiana have been reporting that their benefits are disappearing from their cards. According to the LDH, some of the state-funded benefits were paid early by the SNAP EBT vendor and have since been pulled back so new, higher amounts of benefits can be issued by Wednesday or Friday.

A legal aid group that represents farm workers is suing the state agriculture department claiming it is not sharing the locations of dairies that are experiencing H5N1 bird flu outbreaks, and that has endangered the public and put workers at risk.

With benefits expected to run out Saturday because of the government shutdown, Democratic leaders of 25 states allege the USDA is required to keep providing funds.

Twenty-six states sued the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts for the department’s suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition

A new recall announcement has removed more than 4,000 pounds of chicken and beef products from shelves due to a possible undeclared allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Tuesday.

The Agriculture Department said it can't use contingency funds to pay for SNAP benefits, contradicting earlier guidance that the money was available.

Fair trade can help small family farmers and the consumers that buy their goods. That was the message state agriculture leaders and U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, R-8, Dallas Twp. conveyed