The cancellation of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) will significantly impact food banks' ability to purchase fresh produce from local farmers. Food banks ...

Decades of free trade have deeply integrated Canada’s food supply chains with the U.S., making it difficult to determine what is actually local. Even for Canadian-owned companies, most food ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Canada's local food system is hindered by complex supply chains and insufficient infrastructure, despite growing consumer interest in local products. Small- and ...

The cuts also put an end to several programs, like the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement. Lee said the task force relies heavily on that program, which helps pantries buy ...

Rochester, N.Y. (WHAM) — On edge and uncertain: that’s how Foodlink is describing the wait after the U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled $500 million earmarked for the Emergency Food ...

Federal funding cuts have thrown local food systems in Wisconsin — and across the US — into chaos. This month, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is terminating 2025 funding ...

March 13 (UPI) --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. The agency ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- The USDA and the Trump administration are cutting over $1 billion in local food programs. In a press conference Monday, Democratic Congressman Jim Costa gathered ...

Millions of dollars in anticipated funding that Connecticut schools and food banks would have used to buy fresh food from local farmers has dried up with the cancellation of two federal initiatives.

PRUDENT PRODUCE BUYS FROM 100 IOWA FARMERS A YEAR. SOME OF THAT FOOD IS SOLD TO CONSUMERS, AND THE REST IS SENT TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND PANTRIES THROUGH FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAMS. THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ...

The Trump administration cut two USDA programs that would have sent $10.6 million to Kansas for local produce. The Local Food for Schools program would have provided $8 million to schools and ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting two federal programs that provided about $1 billion in funding to schools and food banks to buy food directly from local farms, ranchers and producers ...