Families hurting from the recession of the ’80s could take cheese and butter, at least, off their shopping lists, as agencies handed out hundreds of millions of pounds of these foodstuffs. How we got ...

The Local Food for Schools and the Local Food Purchase Assistance programs were created during the pandemic and pumped over ...

Carly Robbins, executive director of Food for People, says the LFPA allowed the nonprofit organization to spend $360,000 ...

District 4 Mother Lode State Sen. Alvarado-Gil commemorates the day by pushing her bill that would extend the tax credit ...

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture cut two programs last week that could affect Oklahoma farmers. The ...

Iowa’s small farms, once counting on a renewed federal program to keep their harvests flowing into schools and food banks, ...

Great Plains Food Bank started the program in 2024 to work with one of North Dakota's top industries, agriculture.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ended federal programs that helped schools and food banks buy local food, leaving some New Mexico farmers who have already planted crops in a bind. The Local Food ...

Federal funding cuts affecting various government departments have led to concerns about local food banks following a ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ann Veneman, President George W. Bush's agriculture secretary, about the relationship between farmers and the federal government.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced last week it was cutting two programs that provide a total of $1 billion in ...

Local food pantries are preparing for a challenging period as the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank announces significant ...