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News
- Call for Visiting Food Assistance Research Scholar Applications for 2012–2013, deadline 6/30/2012 (May 2, 2012)
- Request for Proposals: RIDGE Center for Targeted Studies, SRDC, is seeking proposals for research "Advancing Social Sciences-Based Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition Challenges in Rural America" deadline 5/4/2012 (April 19, 2012)
- House Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Cut 2 Million Off Food Stamps & Reduce Benefits for More Than 44 Million Others, CBPP Report (April 18, 2012)
- USDA Announces New Farm to School Program to Improve the Health and Nutrition of Kids Receiving School Meals, USDA News Release (April 17, 2012)
- SNAP Reduces Poverty – and More, CBPP Off the Charts blog (April 9, 2012)
- Food Stamps Helped Reduce Poverty Rates, Study Finds, New York Times (April 9, 2012)
- School meal data shows poverty increase among Wisconsin's children (March 19, 2012)
- Pink Slime Ground Beef - Schools Can Opt Out, USDA To Announce (March 15, 2012)
USDA Announces Steps to Streamline Administration and Enhance Program Integrity in the National School Lunch Program (March 7, 2012)
- Barriers To A Healthy Diet: Healthy Foods Missing From Stores In Low-Income Black Neighborhoods, from MedicalNewsToday.com (February 27, 2012)
- RFP: UW-Madison Faculty & IRP GRFs Only: Food assistance research, deadline 4/13/2012 (February 23, 2012)
- Johns Hopkins' Childhood Obesity Center Seeking Research Proposals, 3/30/12 (February 17, 2012)
- USDA Grants Support Local Efforts to Fight Hunger and Food Insecurity, Wisconsin awards went to: Irwin A. and Robert D. Goodman Community Center, Madison, Wis., $298,930 and Growing Power, Milwaukee, Wis., $250,000 (February 15, 2012)
- Will school lunch changes mean healthier kids?, Mayo Clinic Nutrition-Wise Blog (February 14, 2012)
- Request for Proposals: IRP RIDGE Center for National Food and Nutrition Assistance Research (LOI due 3/23/12) (February 14, 2012)
- USDA Announces Latest Actions to Combat Fraud and Enhance SNAP Program Integrity (February 6, 2012)
- Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: USDA Unveils Historic Improvements to Meals Served in America's Schools (January 24, 2012)
Events
- Spring Workshop, IRP, University of Wisconsin–Madison (April 13, 2012)
- IRP-RIDGE Food Assistance Research Seminar Series (2011–12)
- Fall Conference, USDA/ERS, Washington, DC (September 23, 2011)
- Spring Workshop, IRP, University of Wisconsin–Madison (April 25, 2011)