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NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

The NCSL Video Resource Center is a collection of recorded webinars accessible for on-demand learning.

Feeding Growth: The Economic Impact of SNAP on States and Rural Communities

Oct. 16, 2025

This webinar is part of the NREE and Transportation Fall Webinar Series.

This is the second of a two-part SNAP webinar series sponsored by the Children, Families and Human Services and the Natural Resources, Energy and Environment Standing Committees. These sessions can also provide a helpful background for those attending the SNAP listening session at Capital Forum this November in Washington, D.C.

  • Moderator: Megan Bland | associate legislative director | NCSL
  • Speaker: Marianne Parcella Bitler, PhD | processor and chair | UC Davis, Department of Economics
  • Speaker: Joel Cuffey, PhD | assistant professor, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology | Auburn University