USDA ends $1 billion for schools, food banks to buy food from local suppliers
Schools and local food banks will lose about $1.1 billion from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the purchase of food ...
Colorado loses $7.5 million for schools, food banks as USDA slashes assistance programs
Colorado school districts used the federal program to purchase local food and support “socially disadvantaged” and small ...
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 ...
USDA program cut impacts local food banks, local farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended a program that partners local food banks with local farmers used by farmers and food banks across southwest Ohio. The USDA this month notified states that ...
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Local food banks, pantries react to USDA funding cuts
Foodlink, the only food bank serving a ten-county area, is expressing concerns over future funding cuts that could affect their efforts to feed hungry New Yorkers.Mark Dwyer, Foodlink’s Director of ...
USDA cancels local food purchasing plan that helps Alabama food banks, local farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced over $1 billion in federal spending cuts to programs that assist food banks and schools in purchasing fresh produce from local, underserved farmers and ...
Schools, food banks hit by billion-dollar USDA spending cuts
The department announced a billion dollar slash Tuesday. That money, funding programs to help schools and food banks buy food ...
USDA cuts impact fresh produce for food banks, schools in Iowa
The Local Food Purchasing Assistance program helped farmer Ryan Marquart put money in his pocket while also providing fresh ...
‘You never wanna turn anyone away’ Food pantries feeling trickle-down effects of metal tariffs
Fears surrounding tariffs on metal and their impact on the prices of canned goods are creating a ripple effect on local food ...