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Vegetables and other healthful food items are stocked at the Englewood Market in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. The U.S. Department of Agriculture shopping list used to determine food stamp benefits, known as the market basket, is being reviewed and it could mean an increases in SNAP benefits.

Biden could boost food stamps 20%, even without Congress. Here’s how.

May 3, 2021 at 7:15 p.m.

The Biden administration is quietly laying the groundwork for a long-term increase in food aid for tens of millions of Americans, without going through the ordeal of a fight with...

Imports | The start of summer saw a jump in import prices. According to the BLS, prices for U.S. imports increased 1.4% during the month of June.

Meat lobby group calls for vaccine priority for plant workers

December 4, 2020 at 4:02 p.m.

The U.S. meat industry wants its workers early in line for the COVID-19 vaccine, once healthcare employees and those in long-term care facilities get the shot, the North American Meat...

In 2020, the average overall cost of a traditional Thanksgiving dinner for 10 is $46.90, down 4% from last year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation survey.

COVID-19 Thanksgiving feast will be cheapest in a decade

November 20, 2020 at 5:15 p.m.

Turkey prices are sinking as the pandemic may keep many American families from hosting big groups this Thanksgiving. The price of ingredients in a traditional turkey dinner for 10 people...

Baby chicks for sale at a market. Thousands of baby chicks shipped to New England farmers have arrived dead since the U.S. Postal Service cut operations in recent months.

Thousands of baby chicks have been dying in the US mail

August 21, 2020 at 2:44 p.m.

Thousands of baby chicks shipped to New England farmers have arrived dead since the U.S. Postal Service cut operations in recent months, adding to concerns about mail-delivery disruptions under investigation...

The section for milk and eggs is mostly empty March 16, 2020, at an Aldi store in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago. More shortfalls of individual food items and ingredients are likely in the months ahead unless the virus's spread is slowed at food-processing plants, said Kevin Kenny, chief operating officer of Decernis, an expert in global food safety and supply chains.

Coronavirus spreads beyond meat plants with outbreaks at 60 US baking, agricultural, dairy facilities, raising specter of food shortages

June 10, 2020 at 2:29 p.m.

A caravan of vehicles decorated with black ribbons and memorial pictures crawled through Yakima, Washington, last week to mark the death of David Cruz, a 60-year-old fruit warehouse employee who...

The Quality Sausage Company's location at in Dallas, Texas, partially obstructed by an ongoing construction project.

Virus spreading near US meat plants at twice the national rate

May 12, 2020 at 4:28 p.m.

Coronavirus spread at more than twice the national rate in U.S. counties with major meatpacking plants during the first week after President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing that...

Kiki Roumeliotis serves breakfast to Chuck Beto, 82 and his wife Marilyn, 81, of Hanover Park, the only customers in the Canteen restaurant on March 16, 2020, in Barrington. The Betos stopped at the Canteen because they said "it is a good place to stop for breakfast." The restaurant will remain open for pickup starting March 17.

With panic buying waning, Big Food sees life without restaurants

April 17, 2020 at 4:58 p.m.

Some of America's largest food companies are finally feeling the pinch with restaurants across the U.S. remaining closed for weeks as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. After weeks of...

Obama goes from midterm drubbing to checking off bucket list

May 11, 2019 at 7:01 a.m.

In the six weeks since his party took a drubbing in the midterm elections, President Barack Obama has asserted the power of his office to check off the bucket list...

Private trips still routine

August 22, 2021 at 12:16 p.m.

When Chicago-area businessman and gospel television personality Willie Wilson went to China last August to sign a joint-venture agreement, his traveling companions included Rep. Danny Davis. The West Side Democrat,...

ESCAPE FROM D.C.

August 22, 2021 at 2:04 p.m.

In the waning days of summer, Washington, like the rest of the country, heads out on vacation. Congress is on a monthlong recess. President Barack Obama heads off to Martha's...

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