Sen. Ben Ray Lujan has been honored by the James Beard Foundation for his work in nutrition, particularly his efforts to protect and strengthen SNAP, which provides funding for qualified families to purchase food.
As a Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Sen. Lujan has been a strong advocate for federal nutrition programs. He stated that his work is driven by the advocates back home in New Mexico who fight hunger in their communities every day.
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Sen. Lujan emphasized that allowing neighbors to go hungry is a policy choice, not an inevitability, in a country as abundant as the United States. The 2026 James Beard Impact Award recipients were honored Sunday in Chicago.
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