Independent farmers and small farm collectives grow food for SNAP. That’s why food stamps cannot be used on prepared food. It’s a farm subsidy to feed the poor. So this check is to subsidize farmers while fucking over food insecure communities.

https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/03/18/usda-expediting-10-billion-direct-economic-assistance-agricultural-producers

https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/snap-farm-bill/