ACTION ALERTS
ACTION ALERTS
Follow this page for things you or your organization can do to fight for a just food system in our city, state, and beyond!
Tell Congress to Reinstate USDA's Food Security Report
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that, after this year, it will no longer release the Economic Research Service (ERS) Household Food Security report, the gold standard for measuring hunger in America. This decision silences the evidence we need to hold policymakers accountable and threatens to deepen America's hunger crisis.
For more than 30 years, the ERS report has provided critical, annual data showing how many families struggle to put food on the table. Policymakers, advocates, and communities rely on this report to:
Measure progress in reducing hunger;
Evaluate federal nutrition programs like SNAP, WIC, and school meals;
Document the impact of harmful policy changes, like recent cuts to SNAP via the budget reconciliation law; and
Identify communities most at risk of hunger.
Without it, we lose the ability to show what's working, where families are being left behind, and how hunger is affecting health, education, and our workforce.
Contact your members of Congress today and urge them to reach out to USDA and demand it reinstate the ERS Household Food Security report.
Your message matters. Hunger will not end by ignoring it. Data makes it impossible to look away, and Congress needs to act now.
Protect Local Food Funding
Congressional members are responding to our demands for permanent investments for local foods in local nutrition programs. We need your help to keep up the momentum and generate strong support in Congress!
Recently, two bills were introduced that would create permanent programs similar to popular local food purchase assistance programs. They would provide funding for all states, Tribes, and territories to purchase fresh produce, meat, dairy, eggs, and other nutritional locally grown products from farmers to distribute in food access programs. These programs are a win-win! Supporting local farmers while ensuring that our most vulnerable neighbors have food on their tables builds community resiliency.
Due Nov 24, 2025
Urge USDA, Administration to Use All Means Available to Immediately Deliver Full Nov. SNAP Benefits
Time is of the essence. Forty-two million people in this country are worried about how they will keep food on the table.
Act today to put pressure on the Trump administration to use all available options and resources to ensure full November SNAP benefits. With the district courts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island — and now with the latest filing in the district court in California — we have even more support and authority to pursue full SNAP November benefits.
The Trump administration's decision to only partially pay November SNAP benefits is creating harm, chaos, and confusion for the 42 million people who rely on the program and the state agencies that administer it. This requires difficult, time-sensitive calculations with limited staff and time, all while millions risk delayed or reduced SNAP benefits. We urge the administration to use its legal transfer authority to use other funds available to supplement the SNAP contingency funds to ensure full November benefits for all SNAP beneficiaries.
Other Actions:
Get vocal on social with FRAC’s digital toolkit and social media toolkit with graphics
Tag USDA and federal leaders to increase visibility and accountability:
@USDAgov; | @SecRollins; | @RealDonaldTrump; | @JDVance.
Key Congressional voices to tag: John Thune (R-SD), John Boozman (R-AR), Susan Collins (R-ME), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Mike Johnson (R-LA), Steve Scalise (R-LA), G.T. Thompson (R-PA), and Tom Cole (R-OK).Reach out to media to elevate the need for full SNAP November benefits and the impact it has in your community.
COMMENT ON USDA’S PROPOSED RULE CHANGE TO UPDATE FOOD STOCKING STANDARDS FOR SNAP RETAILERS
USDA has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Updated Staple Food Stocking Standards for SNAP Retailers which will require SNAP retailers to stock a greater variety of staple foods and perishable options. Advocates support giving SNAP recipients more food options to choose from, but there are serious concerns that this rule change will risk reducing access as it will make it more difficult for smaller retailers to comply and therefore accept EBT. This will particularly impact households in food deserts or with transportation challenges who already have trouble finding stores that accept EBT.
We encourage you to submit a comment using the linked template or using it as a resource to write your own. Please also share this call to action widely with your network as it will be helpful to submit comments from organizations with different perspectives.
Comments can be submitted until November 24, 2025 on regulations.gov.