It is with great sadness that, after fifteen truly exciting and meaningful years, I share with you the difficult decision we have made to stop publishing ChopChop magazine in its current form. Our Fall 2025 issue, The Best of ChopChop, will be our last one.

ChopChop Family is a small non-profit. Eighty percent of our magazines are distributed through SNAP-Ed programs that serve low- income families. SNAP-Ed, the largest nutrition education program in the United States, has been defunded by Congress as of September 30, 2025.

The economic impact to us, and more importantly, to the families we serve (and the organizations who serve them) is dramatic. We believe that our mission – to inspire and educate families to cook and eat real food together – is more important than ever, and for now, the best way to fulfill our mission is to continue to provide digital newsletters for individuals, foodbanks, SNAP and WIC programs, as well as to other vital need and educational organizations.  We will launch our newsletter on Substack in September. You do not need to subscribe to Substack in order to receive our posts but of course, you are welcome to! We will also continue to air the ChopChop Podcast.  

It is a somber message, but there is a genuine silver-lining: we are looking to the future with great excitement. This has been an incredible period of resilience, creativity and purpose among our staff, and the response to our magazine and newsletters from our partners and subscribers has been beyond extraordinary. We rely on our relationships with you to carry out our mission, and we are grateful for every donation, newsletter and podcast subscription, social ‘like’, and personal email.

Gratefully, 

Sally Sampson
ChopChop Family Founder