The Food Research & Action Center hosts a SNAP Challenge each year to see if people can feed themselves on the average daily SNAP allotment for that year. For 2025, it was $6 per day.
My brother and I signed up and attended their free webinar on how to manage the challenge.
FRAC SNAP Challenge Webinar Agenda
We soon found out FRAC’s REAL motive for the SNAP Challenge … and it’s not to teach struggling people how to stretch their food dollars.
The goal of FRAC’s SNAP Challenge is political. It’s to indoctrinate people into believing that SNAP funds need to be increased, or at the very least, not cut.
The webinar I attended was primarily political – railing against politicians and encouraging people to contact their legislators and threaten them with their votes if they didn’t increase SNAP funds.
The webinar gave no helpful hints for finding the best food deals, preparing nutritious meals or otherwise helping folks get more food for less money.
It DID show people how to contact their legislators.
FRAC Withholding Information from Americans
One piece of proof is that after the 2025 SNAP Challenge, FRAC highlighted videos and posts from participants … who struggled.
My four videos, which showed how I was able to get three meals per day in 2,000+ calorie range, were not included. Even my video showing how I got 2,035 calories for $4.
Why wouldn’t FRAC share my videos, which included tips for getting more food for less money?
Because that doesn’t fit into FRAC’s narrative. They want more SNAP money – not consumer education.
FRAC Can Do Better
FRAC could do more good for struggling Americans if the council taught people how to feed themselves for less, rather than simply advocating that people who don’t know how to grocery shop or cook get more money for frozen foods and soda.
FRAC, want to do more good? Start lobbying states to re-instate home economics into high school curricula so no American grows into adulthood without understanding how BOGOs, sales, manager’s specials, coupons, loyalty cards, closeouts and other money-saving shopping techniques work.