Maryland farmer loses business with public schools because of cuts to USDA
A local farmer is feeling the brunt of the Trump administration’s cuts to agricultural programs. Emma Jagoz, the owner of Moon Valley Farm in Frederick County, Maryland, has provided fruits and ...
Legislators to phase in universal school meals with $67 million spending request
Illinois House Bill 2365, sponsored by state Rep. Maurice West, D-Rockford, seeks to appropriate $67 million to the Healthy ...
Students at Lodi High School raising chickens as part of agricultural learning program
Chickens have stolen the hearts of the entire student body at Lodi High School in New Jersey. It's the only school in Bergen ...
A Day with the Chef Making NYC's Best School Lunch
“Brigaid is a company that hires professional chefs to work in school kitchens. We get to work with real ingredients and ...
USDA programs that paid KY farmers to provide food to schools, food banks cut. ‘Devastating’
His farm, Faul Family Riverside Farm, has had a contract with Oldham County Schools to provide chicken and pork for school lunches. But he and 130 Kentucky farmers who were paid through a federal ...
Students from Dr. King School march to City Hall, demand fresh produce in 'food desert'
Third graders from Dr. King School already know a thing or two about making their voices heard. On Monday, they took a cue ...
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USDA cancels $1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to buy food from local suppliers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting two federal programs that provided about $1 billion in funding to schools and food banks to buy food directly from local farms, ranchers and producers ...
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USDA cuts $10.6 million from Kansas for local produce at schools and food banks
The Local Food for Schools program would have provided $8 million to schools and child care providers. The Local Food Purchase Assistance program would have provided $2.6 million to food banks.
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Local farmers, schools, food banks brace for impact from USDA
A recent $1 billion budget cut by the U.S. Department of Agriculture could directly impact local schools and food banks, including the Food Bank of the Golden Crescent’s ability to buy from ...
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Wisconsin farmers, food pantries urge USDA to restore local food programs
The USDA is also ending the Local Food for Schools (LFS) program. The program received $3.4 million in funding from the federal government but was administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public ...
The Mining Journal15d
USDA ends program that helped schools serve food from local farmers
(AP Photo) WASHINGTON — 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 ...
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Missouri farmers fear cuts to programs that brought their food to schools, food banks
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting programs that helped schools and charities buy locally-sourced food. That decision is set to cut sales for some Missouri farmers. The move rolls back two ...