Nutrition Security Priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill

Nutrition Security Priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) urges the following recommendations be implemented in the 2023 Farm Bill to mitigate hunger in the US, while simultaneously improving nutrition security. [...] The FTFB supply chain is a key opportunity to fight hunger and increase nutritious donations while cutting food waste.18 The current funding is not enough to support the full extent of FTFB opportunities in each state.19,20,21 Allowing funds to be used for purchasing food and eliminating the match requirement can better support the participation of smaller producers and less resourced states.22 o. [...] As food banks across the country are working hard to source and distribute nutritionally dense foods, it is critically important to have access to this nutritional information at the point of purchase.26 Reduce barriers for eligibility in SNAP o Provide authorization and funding for American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico to transition from the Nutrition Assistance Program (N. [...] o Allowing tribal nations to carry out SNAP by granting the USDA Food and Nutrition Service the requisite 638 authority to provide tribes with the authority to administer SNAP.30 This change recognizes tribal sovereignty and allows indigenous communities to expand the reach of SNAP in their own communities. [...] o Requiring the USDA to evaluate the impact of the changes to FDPIR and TEFAP made through the 2018 Farm Bill.