What 2026 Farm Bill SNAP Cuts Mean for Food Banks | Heritage Foundation USA
April 30, 2026
2026 Farm Bill SNAP Cuts: Two Votes That Reshape Local Food Security
The 2026 Farm Bill SNAP cuts just cleared the House. At Heritage Foundation USA, two votes eight days apart changed what we can do for food-insecure neighbors in Deerfield.
On April 23, the House Appropriations Committee moved an FY2027 bill cutting SNAP by $6.2 billion and trimming WIC fruit and vegetable benefits by 10 percent. On April 30, the House passed the Farm Bill 224 to 200, leaving last summer's $187 billion SNAP cuts intact.
What the FY2027 Agriculture Appropriations bill changes
3.3 million people have left SNAP in the past year, per FRAC. Starting in October, states pay 25 percent of SNAP administrative costs. Pew calls it the biggest structural change to SNAP since 1964.
More neighbors at the door. Fewer federal dollars behind each meal.
Where your donation goes when SNAP shrinks
Food banks nationwide provide about one meal for every nine that SNAP provides. No charity has a button that replaces that ratio.
Your gift to Heritage Foundation USA keeps the doors open, the freezers running, and the intake staff paid. Operating support for our Deerfield work, not a poster-ready dollar-per-meal claim.
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The 2026 Farm Bill SNAP cuts are not a one-month story. Your donation to Heritage Foundation USA keeps the response local.
