{"id":80661,"date":"2025-05-22T16:38:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/?post_type=policy_bulletin&#038;p=80661"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:39:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:39:32","slug":"save-snap","status":"publish","type":"policy_bulletin","link":"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/policy_bulletin\/save-snap\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The proposed budget cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would have a significant impact on Maine&#8217;s agricultural economy and fiscal stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposed cuts would:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create an unfunded mandate that shifts federal responsibilities to state taxpayers, while simultaneously harming Maine&#8217;s farmers and rural businesses; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Force Maine taxpayers to shoulder approximately $90 million in new annual costs \u2014 a burden our state budget cannot absorb without significant tax increases or cuts to other essential services. This represents exactly the kind of federal overreach and unfunded mandate that conservative governance has long opposed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>From an economic perspective, SNAP operates as a market-based solution that allows individuals to purchase food directly from local farms rather than through government distribution. This program injects over $442 million annually into Maine&#8217;s private sector economy, supporting our state&#8217;s farmers and food producers. Our analysis shows that Maine&#8217;s independent grocers \u2014 many of whom are small business owners in rural communities \u2014 could lose up to $162 million in annual revenue if these cuts proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notably, SNAP dollars have a proven multiplier effect, generating up to $1.80 in economic activity for every dollar spent during economic downturns. This represents efficient government spending that simultaneously helps vulnerable citizens while strengthening private enterprise. More than 1,500 Maine retailers \u2014 most of them small businesses \u2014 receive revenue through this program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maine&#8217;s agricultural community and rural small businesses have faced numerous challenges in recent years. Rather than imposing additional hardships through these cuts, we should be supporting policies that strengthen our agricultural markets and rural economies through proven, efficient programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/letters\/save-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Write a letter encouraging Senators Collins and King, and Representatives Pingree and Golden to advocate for fully funding SNAP.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":80662,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[],"tags":[576],"class_list":["post-80661","policy_bulletin","type-policy_bulletin","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-action-alert"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Save the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program! - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mofga.org\/policy_bulletin\/save-snap\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Save the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program! - Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The proposed budget cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) would have a significant impact on Maine&#8217;s agricultural economy and fiscal stability. 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