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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 ...

States recently learned about the cuts, which will cut funding for the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS) and the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement ...

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 ...

Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. The Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS) program, which allocates approximately $660 million for ...

The programs had funded schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and other nearby sources. The USDA was set to give $660 million to schools and $500 million to food banks ...

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 ...

The Department of Agriculture has cut over $1 billion in funding aimed at helping schools and food banks purchase from local farmers, according to a news report and a school nutrition nonprofit.

The move comes as Trump has imposed new tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China, sparking trade wars with the biggest buyers of U.S. farm products. Farmers and food organizations across the U.S ...

"We've had that policy for a long time. We always try to buy local first." McLeod said she has seen food bank users change their diet to match the seasonal produce in Canada. "It will cost less ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has eliminated two major federal programs that supported local food purchases, cutting over $1 billion in funding. The move affects schools, food banks ...