

America’s Harvest Box
Dominating the headlines is the Trump Administration’s FY2019 budget proposal to dramatically alter the nation’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This proposal removes SNAP benefits for low-income families to purchase groceries and replaces these benefits with a monthly box of prepackaged food chosen by the government. This prepackaged food is known as “America’s Harvest Box”. Despite the myriad of emotions I experienced concerning this proposal, it is thi