By Ta’Kyla Bates

In the South we often say the kitchen is the “heart of the home.”

It’s a place that brings family and friends together to cook, converse, and connect. Food is a way of coming together and building community. It fuels us at work, in the classroom, and in growing into who we want to be.

I was a kid who grew up with a family who received SNAP. I always looked forward to that one day a month we called “food stamp day,” when we’d go as a family to the grocery store and stock up on food and snacks. We’d have a big Sunday dinner that weekend and enjoy the company of friends and family and the food on the table.

But for many children in America, “food stamp day” may never come again. And worryingly, the federal government may be trying to suppress that information.

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