The US Food Stamp Program is a federal assistance program that provides food to low income people living in the United States. Benefits are distributed by the individual states, but the program is administered through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Most food stamp benefits are now distributed using Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards but for most of its history the program has used paper vouchers of some kind.

Glendive, Montana is turning to its agriculture roots in an innovative program to encourage the local food business to support local farmers. Future plans call for a direct farm-to-table restaurant among other cutting edge ideas to bolster the local economy, create jobs, build job skills and reduce poverty.

There are foods that can boost your weight loss program and are super for you. Include them in your diet as often as possible — try to add at least two or three each day to your daily menu. Here are 10 “superfoods” to help you lose weight and feel great:Tomatoes: very low […]

BALTIMORE -- A U.S. District Court judge on Friday rejected a request for a temporary restraining order barring Tyson foods from continuing its "Raised Without Antibiotics" chicken marketing program

Bayer HealthCare announced, following consultation with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), that it will withdraw the current liquid formulation of Leukine marketed in the US.

Low-income families eat better when given vouchers to farmers' markets. For years, the federally-funded Women, Infants and Children (W.I.C.) program, which subsidizes food purchases for low-income women and young children, hasn’t included fruits and vegetables, except for fruit juice and carrots for breastfeeding women.