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Policy Spotlight: Domestic Nutrition Programs

In: Agricultural Policy of the United States

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  • Stephanie A. Mercier

    (Farm Journal Foundation)

  • Steve A. Halbrook

    (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville)

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As with so many other US agricultural policies, the first domestic nutrition assistance programs were born as part of the New Deal effort to combat the adverse effects of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl on the US farm sector, with surplus foods purchased and distributed to hungry people through a variety of outlets. The National School Lunch program to help feed low-income children was established in 1946, and the Food Stamp Program—now the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP—was established in 1964. Recent legislative efforts have sought to improve the nutritional content of food consumed through these programs.

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  • Stephanie A. Mercier & Steve A. Halbrook, 2020. "Policy Spotlight: Domestic Nutrition Programs," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Agricultural Policy of the United States, chapter 0, pages 389-405, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:psachp:978-3-030-36452-6_23
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36452-6_23
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