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USDA ended its local food programs. A look at how farmers, schools and food banks are coping

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 ...
Yahoo

USDA programs that paid KY farmers to provide food to schools, food banks cut. ‘Devastating’

Henry County farmer Andre Faul has a 1,300-pound problem. His farm, Faul Family Riverside Farm, has had a contract with Oldham County Schools to provide chicken and pork for school lunches. But he and ...
Iowa Public Radio

Local food advocates try to patch supply chain gaps after the USDA cuts programs

Kitchen staff at the Clear Lake Middle School in northern Iowa slice local apples as one of the fruit options for lunch. Hundreds of Iowa farmers, schools and food banks planned on federal dollars ...
The Columbian

USDA set to cut $1B for food programs. WA food banks are worried

It’s been a tough couple of years for local food banks and the people they serve. The COVID-19 pandemic led hundreds of thousands more Washingtonians to visit food banks and pantries to feed ...