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USDA cuts $1 billion for schools and food banks to buy fresh food from local farms
Statewide, this will affect a million children,” said Judith Cruz. Before the cuts, 1 in 5 children in Florida were food ...
USDA Job Cuts Won’t Derail Report Schedule, Agency Says
Analysts contend that the industry has concerns about the accuracy of the information being published if large layoffs come.
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How One Milwaukee Food Bank Is Handling the Drop in USDA Funding
The CEO of Hunger Task Force discusses the challenges of meeting food needs in his city after two rounds of federal funding ...
USDA hiring firefighters in South Dakota
President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is defending the Affordable Care Act before the Supreme Court – a notable ...
Trump cuts are ending USDA efforts to curb historic discrimination against Black farmers
Brooke Rollins, Trump’s secretary of agriculture, rescinded all diversity, equity and inclusion programs within the agency on her first day in office. She also canceled more than $132 million in ...
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USDA pulls the plug on climate-smart farming grants
Calling the grants a “slush fund,” the Agriculture Department said it may let some projects continue if they align with Trump ...
Arkansas, Indiana ask USDA to let them ban soda, candy from food stamps program
Arkansas and Indiana on Tuesday became the first states to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow them to ban soda ...
Source: Workers key to bird flu response taking USDA buyouts, may strain agency's efforts
A source says USDA employees who worked on bird flu response have accepted incentives to leave the agency, which could strain ...
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USDA ended its local food programs. A look at how farmers, schools and food banks are coping
Thousands of schools, farmers and food pantries in the Midwest and Great Plains planned on federal dollars over the next year ...
Shapiro administration responds after USDA accuses governor of ‘playing games’ with food bank cuts
President Donald Trump's administration cancelled a contract that would have provided $13 million for Pennsylvania food banks ...