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By Marion Nestle

August 01 2025

Weekend reading: The USDA’s latest report on food assistance

I made a mistake and did not get this one scheduled correctly. I’m trying again to get it posted (sigh, my error).

The USDA’s Economic Research Service (what’s left of it) has released its annual report on food assistance, which cost $142 billion in 2024 for all of the 16 programs.

This is a decrease from the $168 billion spent in 2023.

Food assistance accounts for two-thirds of USDA’s budget.

SNAP accounts for 70% of USDA’s food assistance budget. Its 14% (inflation-adjusted) decline from 2023 “was larger than for any other year on record.” And that’s before this year’s proposed cuts.

SNAP participation and costs track closely with poverty and food insecurity; when they go up, SNAP goes up.