This is an actual news release from the Department of Agriculture - not made up!
USDA Terminates Redundant Food Insecurity Survey
(Washington, D.C., September 20, 2025) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the termination of future Household Food Security Reports. These redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger.
For 30 years, this study—initially created by the Clinton
administration as a means to support the increase of SNAP eligibility and
benefit allotments—failed to present anything more than subjective, liberal
fodder. Trends in the prevalence of food insecurity have remained virtually
unchanged, regardless of an over 87% increase in SNAP spending between 2019 -
2023.
USDA will continue to prioritize statutory requirements and
where necessary, use the bevy of more timely and accurate data sets available
to it.