USDA cuts $1 billion in funding for schools, food banks to buy food from local farmers
Feeding America West Michigan will lose about 500,000 pounds of food, close to 400,000 meals, due to the stoppage of the ...
Marketplace13m
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.
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Chester County Bolsters Farming Future with AgConnect Expansion, Honors Centennial Farm
Chester County's AgConnect initiative expands to support local agriculture, with a celebratory event at Milky Way Farm.
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USDA cuts force food banks to stop sourcing from area farms
Lauren Padovano said that the program acted as a win-win situation for families in need and Wisconsin farmers.
Statesboro Herald1h
Julia P. Bryant Elementary holds 4th Annual Farm Day
Youngsters learned about agriculture and farm life during the Fourth Annual Farm Day on Friday, March 14 at Julia P. Bryant ...
Door County Daily News1h
Funding cuts bring uncertainty to school lunchrooms
A plan to bring locally produced food to your child’s lunchroom in Sturgeon Bay is being served with a side of uncertainty ...
The Progress-Index on MSN2h
Federal funding cuts leave Petersburg’s free produce programs, local farmers in limbo
Local free food distribution organizers and farmers are struggling to fill in the gaps amid federal funding cuts.
Daily Hampshire Gazette2h
Fare questions: Local school meals face healthy criticism
It’s been a year since the Universal Free School Meals Act passed in Massachusetts, making lunch and breakfast free across ...
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What the USDA’s $1B cut means for Michigan food banks, schools, farms
The federal government is ending two programs that enabled food banks and schools to purchase fresh food from local farms.
Connecticut Public3h
CT loses millions intended for local food purchasing, as federal funding cuts continue
For food banks and people who go to them, the economic uncertainty represents a small part of the larger anxiety about ...
The Durango Herald3h
Select Farm to Summit meals now available at REI
The Durango-based company that makes dehydrated backpacking meals recently landed a contract with REI. Five of its meals – ...
West Virginia named one of the best states for fresh school lunches
West Virginia has been ranked No. 2 in the nation for its commitment to providing fresh, local food in schools through its Farm to School program, which has earned the state the title of having ...