New Mexico Food Banks Describe Significant Increase in Demand After Federal Food Aid Cuts

New Mexico food banks describe significant increase in demand after federal food aid cuts

Food bank leaders told U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) during an Aug. 11, 2026, roundtable that they are seeing significant increases in demand, which they attribute to inflation and also New Mexicans losing their federal food assistance benefits. (Photo by Julia Goldberg/Source NM)Officials from New Mexico food banks say recent changes to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as well as rising grocery costs, have dramatically …

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Michiganders are going hungry in the wake of federal food assistance cuts

A version of this column originally appeared in Michigan Advance. Just over a year after passage of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), Michigan families are feeling its harm. The federal megabill cuts billions of dollars in food assistance and healthcare for struggling households to give further tax breaks to the ultrawealthy. While good jobs remain hard to come by in Michigan and food prices continue to rise, the bill’s new lay…