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  • 1Food Stamp Program — The US Food Stamp Program is a federal assistance program that provides food to low and no income people living in the United States. Benefits are distributed by the individual states, but the program is administered through the U.S. Department… …

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  • 2Food stamp challenge — A food stamp challenge is a trend in the United States popularized by religious groups, community activists and food pantries in which a family of means chooses to purchase food using only the monetary equivalent of what a family that size would… …

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  • 3food stamp — food′ stamp n. cvb gov a coupon sold or given under a federal program to eligible needy persons and redeemable for food at designated stores or markets. Also called food′ cou pon • Etymology: 1935–40 …

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  • 4food stamp — noun a government issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food • Hypernyms: ↑tender, ↑legal tender, ↑stamp * * * noun : a government issued stamp that is sold at little cost or given to low income persons and is redeemable for food * * *… …

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  • 5food stamp — any of the coupons sold or given under a federal program to eligible needy persons and redeemable for food at designated grocery stores or markets. Also called food coupon. [1935 40] * * * …

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  • 6Food and Nutrition Service — (NJ); and field offices throughout the US. While its staff number amongst USDA s fewest, its budget is by far the largest. ervicesFNS products and services enhance the lives of one in five Americans; its main products and services include: *… …

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  • 7Food bank — Volunteers pass out food items from a Feeding America food bank A food bank or foodbank is a non profit, charitable organization that distributes mostly donated food to a wide variety of agencies that in turn feed the hungry. The largest sources… …

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  • 8Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 — The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (USStatute|110|234|122|923|2008|05|22, USBill|110|H.R.|2419, also known as the 2007 U.S. Farm Bill, the Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007 or Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act of 2007, Food and Energy… …

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  • 9Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — SNAP logo The United States Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),[1] historically and commonly known as the Food Stamp Program, is a federal assistance program that provides assistance to low and no income people …

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  • 10Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — Le Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, « Programme d aide supplémentaire à la nutrition ») est un programme alimentaire fédéral des États Unis. Historiquement et commu …

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