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Following the USDA’s food and farm funding

In the first seven months of President Donald Trump’s second administration, the federal funding landscape has been radically changed — especially for the people who grow, harvest, and distribute food ...
Agri-Pulse

Anti-hunger advocates wary of Trump's revamped food box plan

Project Food Box grew out of the Farmers to Families Food Box program and plans to continue distributing quality fresh produce to food banks and other partners. (courtesy Project Food Box) The Trump ...
Hoodline

USDA Proposes Enhanced Food Options for SNAP Recipients, Aims to Curb Fraud and Boost Nutrition

USDA proposes stricter stocking requirements for SNAP retailers to offer more diverse and healthy food options and to combat ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

USDA ended its local food programs. A look at how farmers, schools and food banks are coping

Kitchen staff at the Clear Lake Middle School in northern Iowa slice local apples as one of the fruit options for lunch. The school district received federal funds through the USDA's Local Food for ...
Grist

Following the USDA’s food and farm funding: Here’s what’s been canceled and frozen, and resources for those affected

In the first seven months of President Donald Trump’s second administration, the federal funding landscape has been radically changed — especially for the people who grow, harvest, and distribute food ...
FoodNavigator-USA

USDA’s SNAP stocking overhaul is a ‘mixed bag’ for retailers and shoppers

USDA says its proposal to increase the variety of staples retailers must offer would double food choices for SNAP ...
CBS News

Trump wants to replace grocery aid for seniors with "MAHA food boxes"

Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has written for national news outlets ...

USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food

The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will ...
Business Wire

Don Lee Farms Supplies 1 Million+ Servings For "Farmers To Families" Food Box Program—Daily

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Don Lee Farms is up and running, supplying over one million servings a day for USDA’s new Farmers To Families Food Box Program. Don Lee Farms, a third-generation family ...
WTAE-TV

Pennsylvania is suing the USDA over cutting funding to a $1 billion food aid program for states

THE FOOD BANKS THEY SERVE. THAT CONVERSATION FOCUSED ON HOW THESE FUNDING CUTS WILL IMPACT PENNSYLVANIANS WHO ARE FOOD INSECURE, AND THE FARMS WHICH FOOD BANKS LIKE THIS ONE PARTNER WITH TO FEED ...
KSHB Kansas City

US Rep. Mark Alford sends letter to USDA to reconsider COVID-era food program funding

KSHB 41 reporter Ryan Gamboa covers Miami County in Kansas and Cass County in Missouri. He also covers agricultural topics. Share your story idea with Ryan. On Thursday, U.S. Rep. Mark Alford (R - 4th ...
ABC Kcrg 9

USDA Food and Nutrition Service approves Gov. Reynolds’ summer food program

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service has approved Governor Kim Reynolds’ summer food program. The program, Healthy Kids Iowa, will replace the ...