Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images President Donald Trump has proposed replacing food stamps in part with boxes of canned goods. When she came down to the kitchen in the morning and saw her grandmother preparing oatmeal or cereal with the flaky milk, Romero-Briones couldn’t help but cringe. There are currently 42 million SNAP recipients, who receive an average voucher of $125 per person per month. There are also questions about how the boxed food program would handle recipients’ individual dietary restrictions. Native American advocates have been working to move away from the delivered boxes and instead to set up FDPIR food sites that resemble grocery stores.

Source: Huffington Post February 23, 2018 01:14 UTC