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USDA cuts funding that paid for fresh, local food for schools and food banks
A program that allowed schools and food banks to purchase fresh, local ingredients was slashed by the Trump administration.
Funding cuts take local produce from schools and food banks, leaving farmers uncertain
Cuts to USDA funding will end programs that put fresh produce in school lunchrooms and in food banks, forcing farmers to change plans abruptly.
Valley leaders react to USDA cuts to local food programs
In a press conference Monday, Democratic Congressman Jim Costa gathered Valley leaders to sound the alarm. Those programs are ...
USDA cuts over $1 billion in funding for schools, local food purchases
The U.S. Agriculture Department has cut two federal programs that spent over $1 billion annually to help schools and food ...
Senate Democrats call for USDA funding for local food banks, schools to be restored
Senate Democrats called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to restore funding to local food banks and schools, ...
King, Pingree demand answers on why USDA cut local food programs
In a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, King, I-Maine, and 30 senators charge that cutting $1 billion to the Local Food ...
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Everything You Need to Know About Sarasota's Local Food Scene
Whatever you’re hungry for, you’ll find it at a local market. With their 1,300-acre Lost Girl Prairie, the couple want to ...
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 ...
CT schools, food banks lose federal money to buy from local farms
The Trump administration said it won't fund the two programs that allowed schools and food banks to supply healthier food to ...