The OAG’s office has received a handful of complaints, and is now warning local retailers not to impose unnecessary requirements on people using SNAP benefits.

Charitable efforts can only go so far in combating food insecurity, in part because food deserts persist in D.C., according to nonprofit leaders.

Good news: philanthropist William E. Conway Jr. donated $1 million to the Capitol Area Food Bank yesterday, ensuring that the metro region’s main provider of food for the poor would not have to start charging its clients for produce.

The Capitol Area Food Bank, the Washington metro region’s main provider of food for the poor, said that for the first time in its history it will charge its members for fruits and vegetables. The change, beginning on July 1, is reported to add thousands in unexpected costs for the agencies the organization supplies to feed the region’s hungry.