Local Food, USDA and schools

USDA ends program that helped schools serve food from local farmers
The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers.
USDA Cuts More Than $1 Billion Earmarked For Local Food In Schools, Food Banks
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cut more than $1 billion in federal programs that gave schools and food banks funding to purchase food from local farms and ranchers ― a move that school lunch advocates say will take away free meals from millions of children whose parents are grappling with rising grocery prices.
$1 billion cut from USDA food programs. What it means for Pa. schools, food banks
The USDA is eliminating the Local Food for Schools and Local Food Purchase Agreement programs as part of the Trump administration's spending purge.
USDA cancels $1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to buy food from local suppliers
Last year, the USDA announced a more $1 billion investment for the school food programs, with $471.5 million allocated for states to buy local foods to provide schools taking part in free or reduced-cost meal programs, and another $188.6 million for child care centers involved in the Child and Adut Care Food Program, USA Today reported.
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks amid Trump cuts
Two USDA programs provided $1.1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farms and suppliers.
Trump administration cuts cancel SC programs providing fresh produce to schools, food banks
Ending the local food for schools and local food purchase agreement programs will cut $14.5 million to the state, including $2.6 million to farmers
Trump Admin. Cuts Program That Brought Local Food to School Cafeterias
The $660 million Local Food For Schools program, which was started under President Joe Biden, was canceled for 2025.
Funding cut for program that provided healthy, local food to Massachusetts schools
Governor Maura Healey decried the federal government for cutting funding to a program which is used to provide healthy, locally sourced foods to Massachusetts schools. "Just another example of bad actions by Elon Musk and Donald Trump that are going to hurt people here in the state,
Federal grants put food from local farms into Mass. schools. Not anymore.
Local Food for Schools grants let Mass. schools buy food from local farms. With that money cut - $12 million - there is no state plan to replace it.
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How Children's Eating Could Change After $1 Billion Food Cut
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cut two programs that help schools and food banks buy food from local farms and ranches.
Fetterman introduces School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act to fight U.S. school meal debt
Senator John Fetterman introduced legislation that would have the U.S. Department of Agriculture to pay all outstanding ...
‘Millions of children could lose free school meals’: USDA cancels $1 billion in funds for student lunches and food banks
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