Christopher Bosso

The first book to tell the whole story of SNAP and to explain why all Americans should support it. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is the nation's largest government effort for helping low-income Americans obtain an adequate diet. How did SNAP, formerly the food stamp programme, evolve from a Depression-era effort to use up surplus goods into America's foundational food...

The first book to tell the whole story of SNAP and to explain why all Americans, regardless of politics, should support it. How did the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program evolve from a Depression-era effort to use up surplus goods into America’s foundational food assistance program? And how does SNAP survive? Incisive and original, Why SNAP Works is the first book...