Comments on: Calculating The Cost of a Healthy Diet http://jcarrot.org/calculating-the-minimum-cost-of-a-healthy-diet/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:19:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Matt http://jcarrot.org/calculating-the-minimum-cost-of-a-healthy-diet/#comment-10093 Matt Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:39:22 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/calculating-the-minimum-cost-of-a-healthy-diet/#comment-10093 Hi Aliza, I think the 2008 Farm Bill did something to adjust the food stamp program, and I had heard that benefits would now be only partially calculated by the TFP, and would also include a guideline to readjust the minimum amount received through food stamps every year so that (at long last) it would be able to keep up with inflation. I hadn't heard anything about this since the bill passed--do you happen to know anything about whether that part of the bill made it into law? Thanks for this great entry! Hi Aliza,

I think the 2008 Farm Bill did something to adjust the food stamp program, and I had heard that benefits would now be only partially calculated by the TFP, and would also include a guideline to readjust the minimum amount received through food stamps every year so that (at long last) it would be able to keep up with inflation. I hadn’t heard anything about this since the bill passed–do you happen to know anything about whether that part of the bill made it into law?

Thanks for this great entry!

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