Both programs were introduced to respond to the impacts to the food supply chain brought on by the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the USDA. As of the end of 2024, food purchased ...

USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks. States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.

Minnesota schools, child care centers and food banks will have less money to work with this year, following cuts by the U.S.

Around $660 million that would go towards schools and child care facilities purchasing food from local farms through USDA's Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program has been canceled ...

Reynolds’ initial request to the USDA would have provided monthly boxes of food to an estimated 300,000 kids in families making up to 200% of the federal poverty level.

Courtesy of Northern Illinois Food Bank Next summer, families will receive $40 per month per child for the three months children are out of school, Craigs-Ingram said.

Food bank partners with Sarasota and DeSoto County school districts and hundreds of community partners as part of Campaign ...

The grants are part of the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, which buys U.S. agricultural commodities to support school food programs and maternal and ...

Pennsylvania is suing the USDA over cutting funding to a $1 billion food aid program for states. The federal lawsuit seeks to reverse the the U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision to end the ...

While the food bank worked with local growers and producers before the USDA’s Local Food Purchasing Agreement program, Williams said the federal funding helped them be more strategic: for ...

States also use the money to buy food from farms for school nutrition programs and child care centers. Purchases include commodities such as cheese, eggs, meat, fruits and vegetables.

Both programs were introduced to respond to the impacts to the food supply chain brought on by the start of the COVID-19 ...