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Kick off participants for the VAFMA Market Manager Certification Class of 2020
On Friday, USDA Deputy Under Secretary Brandon Lipps proposed new rules for the Food and Nutrition Service that would allow schools to cut the amount of vegetables and fruits required at lunch and breakfasts while giving them license to sell more pizza, burgers and fries to students
More pizza, fewer vegetables: Trump administration further undercuts Obama school-lunch rules
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Proposed new rules would allow schools to cut the amount of vegetables and fruits required at lunch and breakfasts while giving them license to sell more pizza, burgers and fries to students.Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring joined the lawsuit Thursday seeking to block the Trump Administration’s new rule that would eliminate Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for nearly 700,000 Americans, including nearly 4,500 Virginians
Virginia among states suing over new requirements for food stamps
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(CNN Newsource/WJHL) — More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia are suing the USDA over new work requirements for food stamp recipients. Under the new rule, more recipients will ...Calling the change “heartless,” Frosh wrote about his reasoning for joining the suit: “SNAP is the country’s most important anti-hunger program; it lifts people out of poverty and food insecurity
DC, Maryland, Virginia attorneys general join suit against food stamp limitations | WTOP
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Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh joined his counterparts in D.C. and Virginia in filing the suit.Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, may only represent a sliver of Rockingham County, but residents here should be applauding one of the many bills he prefiled ahead of the 2020 General Assembly — specifically one that would exempt vendors at farmers markets and roadside stands from paying meals taxes if their annual income from the sales do not exceed $2,500.
Bell's Bill Tough To Not Get Behind
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Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, may only represent a sliver of Rockingham County, but residents here should be applauding one of the many bills he prefiled ahead of the 2020 General