he increase will provide around $3.5 billion to around 41 million people in households experiencing food insecurity, working out to an average $28 more per person every month, varying from state to state.
“We cannot sit by and watch food insecurity grow in the United States,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in the release. “The American Rescue Plan brings help to those hurting the most due to the pandemic. It increases SNAP benefits so households can afford to put food on the table. It invests in working people and small towns and small businesses to get the economy back on track. And it makes the most meaningful investments in generations to reduce poverty.”
Source: USDA increasing SNAP benefits with pandemic relief funds | TheHill
There are many signs of spring and one that I try to see once a year is the swan arriving at Lake Tysslingen at Rånnesta near Örebro, it is a noisy spectacle when they dim down in the dawn light at the same time and place it seems to be because probably many of the swans who has been to this resting place before, This morning Thursday 18 March it was glorious sunshine and a slightly cold spring winter day so was perfect for watching the swans and other birds that use this place as a resting place, Source:
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