Friday, May 30, 2025 — The Menu: The Future of SNAP, Logging’s Effects on Food, and Native Culinary Arts Grads » Native America Calling

SNAP cost-sharing jeopardizes food assistance program

Indiana could be on the hook for as much as $360 million a year in SNAP costs. (Getty Images)Most people are talking about work requirements for federal assistance like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). But it’s another provision that could have a much bigger impact. More than 600,000 Hoosiers received $1.44 billion in financial assistance to buy food in fiscal year 2024, mostly families with children who can’t m…

Friday, May 30, 2025 — The Menu: The future of SNAP, logging’s effects on food, and Native culinary arts grads » Native America Calling

President Donald Trump’s proposed spending plan, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” would cut about $300 billion from the program that provides food to low-income residents. If it survives Congress intact, thousands of Native people will lose eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Tribes and conservation groups worry the Trump administration’s push for expanded logging of federal land poses a threat to Indigenous foods, lik…