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babylonsister

(172,366 posts) Sat Sep 20, 2025, 08:44 PM Sep 20

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Trump administration cancels annual food insecurity survey, USDA says

Trump administration cancels annual food insecurity survey, USDA says
By Reuters
September 20, 20254:56 PM EDTUpdated 3 hours ago

Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has canceled the USDA’s annual food insecurity survey, ending a decades-long effort to track how many Americans struggle to access enough food, the Agriculture Department said on Saturday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the Household Food Security Report had become "overly politicized" and was no longer necessary, though the 2024 edition will still be released in October; the 2025 survey will not be conducted, the USDA said in a statement.

The cancellation of the report, which has been conducted for 30 years, comes amid rising food insecurity and recent cuts to federal food assistance programs, including tighter work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients.

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https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-cancels-usdas-annual-food-insecurity-survey-wsj-reports-2025-09-20/

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Trump administration cancels annual food insecurity survey, USDA says (Original Post) babylonsister Sep 20 OP

Tell us you don't give a shit about America Hey Joe Sep 20 #1

Makes perfect sense in Trumpworld Wiz Imp Sep 20 #2

If you don't check on it, it doesn't exist. Like crimes by ICE. Wonder Why Sep 20 #3

Hey Joe

(242 posts)

1. Tell us you don't give a shit about America

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 09:02 PM

Sep 20

Without actually saying it.

And there’s the obligatory “overly political”
reasoning thrown in there too.

Wiz Imp

(7,519 posts)

2. Makes perfect sense in Trumpworld

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 09:35 PM

Sep 20

If you don't measure how many people are food insecure, that means there are none.

Wonder Why

(6,218 posts)

3. If you don't check on it, it doesn't exist. Like crimes by ICE.

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Sat Sep 20, 2025, 09:36 PM

Sep 20

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