Local leaders encourage Salinas to protect vulnerable communities in Salem as food assistance cuts loom

At a roundtable with U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, a group of anti-hunger advocates, a business owner and others discussed federal cuts to food assistance programs and the local impact that will be felt. (MIRANDAH DAVIS-POWELL/Salem Reporter)

Angelo Arredondo Baca remembers benefiting from government food assistance growing up in Salem. With a father who was a full-time farm worker, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, ensured that there was food on the table for him and his siblings.

“I don’t think I would be here if it wasn’t for SNAP,” he said during a Wednesday roundtable with U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon.

Now, he works with immigrant families to improve access…

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