The impact is being felt widely, challenging food banks and food pantries already struggling to meet higher demand.
Anna Pesek saw a federal program supporting local food purchases as much more than a boost to her Iowa pork and poultry farm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture grant program that allowed schools and ...
The Agriculture Department has eliminated two major programs that provided schools and food banks with funding to purchase food directly from local farms and ranchers, abruptly halting more than $ ...
The Trump administration cut $11.3 million in funding for programs that provided thousands of children across Iowa with locally produced meat, dairy, fruits and vegetables, a move that drew ...
The USDA is cutting over $1 billion in funds going to grant programs that helped local food banks and schools get fresh food. The cuts will impact 450 Indiana schools who were recieving fresh ...
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 ...
The USDA has cut $300,000 in funding that the The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia & the Eastern Shore relied on, which they say will impact thousands of meals each month. “We're already ...