The U.S. Department of Agriculture has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy fresh produce from local farms, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending. Roughly $ ...

Food insecurity is at an all-time high in Minnesota. As that need continues to grow, lawmakers are pushing for more support. Advocates say we're in the middle of a hunger crisis, and there are a ...

Food industry leaders of General Mills and PepsiCo, along with the Consumer Brands Association, are expected to meet with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday, March 10. A source ...

Massachusetts is losing $12.2 million in federal money that had been earmarked for Bay State schools to buy food from local farms. and Gov. Maura Healey indicated that the state has no plans to ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Food banks in West Michigan are currently uncertain of next moves due to federal food assistance programs being paused or cut altogether. The Michigan Department of Education ...

March 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department has cut two federal programs that spent over $1 billion annually to help schools and food banks buy food from local farms and ranches ...

In the past year, the food bank hit a new record of providing 35 million meals to those in need. Five million of those meal boxes are funded through federal programs like LFPA. “It seems ...

Nunavik will get a share of $65.2 million in federal support for Quebec’s school food programs over the next three years, the federal government announced earlier this month. Of that amount ...

Community members line up for a food distribution event in Mendota Thursday morning, Dec. 12, 2024. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA [email protected] An innovative program that paid small farmers to grow ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Cuts at the USDA are impacting additional food banks, News 3 has learned. On Tuesday, News 3 spoke with the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia & the Eastern Shore about how they're ...