Millions of Americans will lose food assistance if the government shuts down

📆 9/27/2023 6:35 AM

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A shutdown would affect the nearly 7 million women and children who rely on WIC for healthy food. Free school lunch and Meals on Wheels are also at risk, and SNAP could be impacted eventually too.

Vilsack hopes lawmakers will keep in mind that their actions have real consequences for the health of millions of moms and children.

Vilsack is especially worried about farmers. Many rely on marketing loans, which help them hedge the price they get for the crops they're harvesting. Otherwise, Vilsack said, they would have to accept the price the market gives them and potentially lose profit, which"could be the difference between that farm family making a profit off the farm or not."

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