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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 from local farms, ranchers and producers.
Trump Admin. Cuts Program That Brought Local Food to School Cafeterias
The $660 million Local Food For Schools program, which was started under President Joe Biden, was canceled for 2025.
Second Harvest to see large impacts after millions in federal funding cut for local food programs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture cut $1 billion in funding for local food programs impacting schools and food banks.
USDA cuts $1B in local food purchasing funds. How Florida will be affected
Florida school partners were slated to receive an estimated $42,583,882 in 2025 from the LFS program. Meanwhile, the state was expecting to receive a combined total of $22,439,038 from the LFPA programs, according to the USDA website.
Helena Food Share local purchasing impacted by federal cuts
The Helena Food Share received $200,000 in grant funding through the Local Food Purchase assistance program, which ran from 2022 and was set to expire this May.
USDA funding cuts cause issues for local food pantries
New perspective on the cancellation of the eleven million dollars in United States Department of Agircultyre funding that helped connect iowa farmers and their
USDA halts more than $1B in funding for local food banks, schools
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says it has nixed more than $1 billion in funding for local food banks and schools by terminating two programs that aid state, tribal and territorial
USDA ends program that helped schools serve food from local farmers
The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers.
US Department of Agriculture slashes two federal programs that fund local food banks, schools
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The US Department of Agriculture is slashing two federal programs that support local food banks and schools. The USDA’s decision to cut these programs has caused more than $1 billion in federal spending to come to a halt. This comes at a time when food banks, pantries and schools are seeing an increased need.
USDA cancels $1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to buy food from local suppliers
The USDA said it is promoting wiser government spending, but schools say it will make it tougher to serve healthy meals.
Federal grants put food from local farms into Mass. schools. Not anymore.
Local Food for Schools grants let Mass. schools buy food from local farms. With that money cut - $12 million - there is no state plan to replace it.
Federal funding cuts hit Feeding the Gulf Coast food bank
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ended the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program and the Local Food ...
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USDA cancels local food purchasing plan that helps Mississippi food banks, local farmers
USDA cuts more than $1B to programs that help food banks and schools buy fresh foods from local farmers and ranchers across ...
From festivals to your local grocery store: The journey of Holyoke Hummus Co.
Holyoke Hummus is in over 20 locations in Massachusetts and several others in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York.
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22nd Annual Farmer’s Share of the Food Dollar Breakfast returns to Peoria
A Central Illinois tradition is back, offering a hearty breakfast at a bargain price. But behind the meal is a bigger story.
Food Truck Wednesday features local flavors at Wolf Pen Creek
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Food Truck Wednesdays are back in College Station. Wolf Pen Creek’s Festival Site turns into ...
Tennessee to lose $12.6M in funding to bring local food to students across the state
The Department of Agriculture cut $1 billion in spending by cutting two programs that provided funds for schools and ...