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USDA Cuts School Food Program

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. About $660 million of that went to schools and childcare centers to buy food for meals through the Local Foods for Schools program.

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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.

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USDA ends $1 billion for schools, food banks to buy food from local suppliers

Schools and local food banks will lose about $1.1 billion from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the purchase of food from local farms, ranchers and producers.

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Berkshire farmers, food pantries, grapple with the loss of a food access program that the US Agriculture Department is ending

The money flowed from the federal government to the state so farmers could be paid for food to be delivered to food banks and meal kitchens. Now that's over.

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Food Truck Wednesday features local flavors at Wolf Pen Creek

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) - Food Truck Wednesdays are back in College Station. Wolf Pen Creek’s Festival Site turns into ...

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Tennessee to lose $12.6M in funding to bring local food to students across the state

The Department of Agriculture cut $1 billion in spending by cutting two programs that provided funds for schools and ...

North Texas Food Bank anticipates direct hit following USDA cuts

Local food banks are taking a direct hit as the Trump administration slashes billions of dollars in funding for two federal ...

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