— Matt Newell-Ching, Senior Public Policy Manager, Oregon Food BankThere's no reason we have to live in a world where there is hunger. There's enough food to feed every person who is alive today. Continuing to live in a world where there is hunger is a choice. We need to make the choice together to say, ‘That's unacceptable.’
How we’re fighting hunger in Oregon in 2026: The Anti-Hunger Package
How we’re fighting hunger in Oregon in 2026: The Anti-Hunger Package
Everyone in Oregon deserves access to nourishing food that feels like home. In the 2026 legislative session, the Food for All Oregonians coalition is focused on passing the Anti-Hunger Package: a set of policies designed to reduce food insecurity in Oregon, protect SNAP, help millions of Oregonians and work to end hunger at its roots.
Hunger in Oregon is getting worse as food assistance is cut
Congress recently made the biggest cut to food assistance programs in history, making it even harder for our families to put food on the table. Hundreds of thousands of Oregonians are at risk of losing food assistance due to H.R. 1.
These cuts harm communities already facing heightened barriers to food, including:
- Immigrants
- Older adults
- Parents of teenagers
- Rural communities
- Unhoused families
- Former foster youth
- Veterans
SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) is our country’s largest and most effective anti-hunger program. H.R. 1 cut SNAP funding by 30%, which will make already staggering rates of hunger in Oregon even worse. With the rising cost of living across our state, too many families are forced to make impossible decisions between buying groceries and other essentials like medicine.
- 1 in 6 kids in Oregon live in households that struggle to afford food.
- Food banks across Oregon are stretched to the limit, with rising rates of hunger and diminishing supply of food.
We’re all better off when everyone can access nourishing food that feels like home. When Oregonians can afford to buy the food we need, kids succeed in school, families are healthy and local businesses flourish.
We can act now to help end hunger in Oregon
The Food for All Oregonians coalition is advocating for the Anti-Hunger Package, which will:
- Make sure all kids in Oregon can eat breakfast and lunch at school, no matter where they live
- Protect SNAP for Oregonians to sustain our most effective anti-hunger program
- Provide relief for immigrants, refugees, asylees and humanitarian parolees who have lost SNAP eligibility
- Fund Oregon’s Food Assistance Network so it can keep food flowing to the growing number of Oregonians experiencing hunger
Please join us in urging our lawmakers to pass the Anti-Hunger Package in 2026 and help ensure all of us have the food we need to thrive.
