In March, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made a pivotal decision to terminate the Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) Cooperative Agreement Program, a move that has sent ripples across ...
The USDA has recently announced the cancellation of two major food aid programs, which provided over $1 billion in federal funds to schools and food banks. These programs, established during the ...
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, ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will purchase up to $30 million in fresh fruit from American growers to supply food banks and nutrition programs nationwide, U.S. Secretary of ...