The Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (C-FARE) hosted a free webinar Aug. 31 to consider Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and food assistance at a time of Covid-19. Since the end of February, 6 to 7 million more people have been approved for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act gave the U.S. Department of Agriculture the authority to ease state requirements for reporting and proving need, and households with school-aged children may get so-called “Pandemic EBT” — extra food benefits (by electronic transfer). C-FARE and moderator Sean Cash examined the efficacy and timeliness (and adoption) of assistance along with panelists George Davis of Virginia Tech, Shewana Hairston McSwain of North Carolina A&T State University, and Parke Wilde of Tufts University. This free program is made possible with the support of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service and National Agricultural Statistics Service.

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