CHARLOTTE — The United States Department of Agriculture is ending several pandemic-era programs that connected local farmers to food banks and schools. The USDA is ending the Local Food Purchase ...

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 ...

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 ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Farmers and food pantries in Wisconsin are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to restore local food assistance programs. The USDA announced it's terminating the 2025 Local ...

The executive director of a food bank serving Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties is concerned about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to end two programs that allow ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom sent an urgent appeal to the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday, imploring the department to reverse the abrupt cancellation of a Biden-era program that feeds millions of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has axed two programs that gave Nevada schools and food banks more than $6 million in funds to buy food from local farms and ranchers in the state last year. Funds ...