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USDA School Meal Programs: How and Why the Cost of Food Purchases Varies Across Locales
ERR-260, November 14, 2018An analysis of how--and why--food costs for school meals provided by Federal programs vary by region.
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Food Pantries Provide Emergency Food to More Than One-Quarter of Food-Insecure Households
Amber Waves, November 05, 2018In 2017, 26 percent of U.S. households that were food insecure used a food pantry, down from 28.2 percent in 2015 but higher than the annual rates during 2001-12.
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Adult Eating and Health Patterns: Evidence From the 2014-16 Eating & Health Module of the American Time Use Survey
EIB-198, October 30, 2018With data from the 2014-16 Eating & Health Module (EHM) of the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), this report presents national statistics on eating and health patterns for the U.S. adult population as a whole and for a wide variety of important demographic subgroups. It also examines whether and how certain behaviors have changed over time, using data from the 2006-08 EHM.
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Selected Charts from Ag and Food Statistics: Charting the Essentials, October 2018
AP-080, October 30, 2018This collection of charts and maps presents examples of key statistics on the farm sector, food spending and prices, food security, rural communities, agricultural production and trade, the interaction of agriculture and natural resources, and more found in ERS's regularly updated web product, Ag and Food Statistics: Charting the Essentials.
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Small and Non-Traditional Food Retailers Largely Cost Competitive in the WIC Program
Amber Waves, October 01, 2018A recent analysis of transaction data from two WIC State agencies found modest monthly cost differences between supercenters and most other store types for two of the three sets of WIC-approved foods analyzed.
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America’s Eating Habits: Food Away From Home
EIB-196, September 27, 2018ERS researchers explore trends in the growing availability of food away from home (FAFH) and consumers' expanding array of FAFH choices.
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Participation in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Effect of Local Labor Market Conditions in Oregon
ERR-257, September 06, 2018ERS explores the relationship between local economic conditions in Oregon and the duration of individuals' enrollment in SNAP.
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Local Labor Market Conditions Impact Participation in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Amber Waves, September 06, 2018Analysis of administrative records from Oregon finds that able-bodied, working-age SNAP participants are more likely to leave the program when labor market conditions at the county or commuting area levels improve.
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Household Food Security in the United States in 2017
ERR-256, September 05, 2018An estimated 11.8 percent of American households were food insecure at least some time during the year in 2017, lacking access to enough food for an active, healthy life for all their members. That is down from 12.3 percent in 2016.
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Statistical Supplement to Household Food Security in the United States in 2017
AP-079, September 05, 2018This is the statistical supplement for USDA's annual report on households' access to adequate food for active, healthy living.
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High-Poverty Schools Are More Likely To Adopt the Community Eligibility Provision of the USDA School Meal Programs
Amber Waves, September 04, 2018The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) allows eligible schools to offer USDA school meals to all students at no charge. During the 2016-17 school year, 47 percent of U.S. school districts eligible to use CEP used the provision in at least one school.
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Participation in SNAP Varies Across States But Is Generally Decreasing
Amber Waves, September 04, 2018In 2017, the shares of State residents receiving SNAP benefits ranged from 22.1 percent in New Mexico to 5.7 percent in Wyoming. Among seven USDA-defined regions, the Southeast region had the highest average share of residents receiving SNAP benefits at 15.1 percent and the Mountain Plains region had the lowest at 9.6 percent.
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Characteristics of School Districts Offering Free School Meals to All Students Through the Community Eligibility Provision of the National School Lunch Program
ERR-255, August 28, 2018The Community Eligibility Provision allows high-poverty schools to provide USDA school meals at no charge to all students, reducing paperwork burden. This ERS report examines the characteristics of school districts that chose to participate.
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Price Variability Across Food Product and Vendor Type in Food Benefit Redemptions Under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)
ERR-253, July 31, 2018WIC transactions at mass merchandisers and traditional grocers had lower prices in most product categories than in small and nontraditional food retailers like convenience stores and pharmacies.
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Consumers Balance Time and Money in Purchasing Convenience Foods
ERR-251, June 27, 2018ERS study examines how consumers' financial resources, time constraints, prices, and the food environment in which they live influence their purchases of restaurant meals and food from grocery stores.
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Age Composition of USDA’s SNAP Caseload Shifts in Response to Economic Conditions, Legislation, and Demographic Trends
Amber Waves, June 04, 2018In recent years, young children and working-age adults have become a smaller share of the SNAP caseload, and the share of SNAP participants who are elderly has grown.
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The Association Between Nutrition Information Use and the Healthfulness of Food Acquisitions
ERR-247, April 19, 2018The nutritional quality of foods acquired for at-home consumption increases with the level of a household's use of nutrition information. This correlation does not hold for foods acquired for away-from-home consumption.
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Number of People Participating in USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Continues To Fall
Amber Waves, April 02, 2018Fiscal 2017’s 4.6-percent decrease in participation in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in large part reflects the continued improvement in the U.S. economy.
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The Food Assistance Landscape: FY 2017 Annual Report
EIB-190, March 15, 2018In FY 2017, expenditures on USDA’s 15 domestic food and nutrition programs totaled $98.6 billion, 4 percent less than in the previous fiscal year and almost 10 percent less than the historical high of $109.2 billion set in FY 2013.
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Nutritional Quality of Foods Acquired by Americans: Findings From USDA’s National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey
EIB-188, February 21, 2018ERS investigates possible influences on the foods Americans purchase or otherwise acquire, including consumer income levels, food stores/sources, food-source access, and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
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