Many states have been notified that funding for the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program has been cut, which ...
In addition to the end of two local food programs that support schools and food banks sourcing from small farms, more cuts ...
according to the USDA. As of the end of 2024, food purchased through the program had been distributed at 7,900 food banks, ...
The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food ...
The cuts are the latest in a long list of spending programs and ... money was for schools to make the local food purchases. In December 2024, the USDA announced a $1.13 billion investment for ...