USDA ends program that helped schools serve food from local farmers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for ...
USDA cancels local food purchasing program, putting more strain on central Ohio food banks
Local food banks are feeling the pinch — and may offer less local produce — amid federal funding cuts to a program connecting ...
USDA cancels $1 billion in local meal funding for schools and food banks
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting two federal programs that provided about $1 billion in funding to schools and ...
‘It’s very devastating’: Cuts to USDA funding hit New England schools and food programs
The more than $1 billion in federal funding helped schools, child care programs, and food pantries in 40 states to buy ...
Trump's USDA secretary defends $1 billion cuts to funding for food banks, schools
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins took a jab at trans people while defending the food aid cuts as "nonessential" in ...
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USDA cancels $1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to buy food from local suppliers
Last year, the USDA announced a more $1 billion investment for the school food programs, with $471.5 million allocated for ...
USDA Cuts More Than $1 Billion Earmarked For Local Food In Schools, Food Banks
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cut more than $1 billion in federal programs that gave schools and food banks funding to purchase food from local farms and ranchers ― a move that school lunch ...
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Local farmers, food bank among those impacted by USDA grant freeze
The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that the Local Food Purchase Assistance program (LFPA) has been suspended due to the Trump administration abruptly cutting funds to the ...
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Arkansas Foodbank says vital USDA program to buy fresh produce from local farms has been halted
Using funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) program, WSBZ Farms earned about $20,000 a month to supply fresh produce to the Arkansas Foodbank ...
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Local farms challenge USDA salmonella rules: 'less locally sourced food and higher prices'
"The USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS ... it unequally puts a huge burden on small, local USDA processors," McNiff said. 34,691 people played the daily Crossword recently.
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Nominations sought for Agriculture Award, says Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry is taking nominations for Governor Stitt’s Outstanding Achievement in Agriculture Award. The award is ...