SNAP Aims to Shift Shelves From Snacks to Staples

America’s largest anti-hunger program, SNAP, is preparing for a significant update. USDA’s updated SNAP stocking rules aim to replace the “one rice, one bean, one chicken” baseline with a seven-variety standard that reads like a nutrient-density checklist, promising richer choices for the 42 million Americans who rely on the benefit. Yet the question lingers: will the science of dietary diversity survive the politics of convenience-store economics?