Oregonians Will Go Hungry as SNAP Implodes
7:30am, 7-16-2026
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Roughly
70,000 Oregonians have already dropped off the SNAP program since 2025,
after Congress enacted the biggest cuts in the history of SNAP, our
nation’s main line of defense against hunger. At
the same time, the Trump Administration also clawed back federal
funding to food pantries around the country, including the Oregon Food
Bank.
Combined,
these attacks on our safety net are causing havoc for families
struggling to put food on the table as the price of groceries soars. We
interview Matt Newell-Ching, the public policy manager at the Oregon
Food Bank. And we tell the story of single parent Gerty Ferguson in
Eugene, who uses SNAP for her and her two young girls.
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