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USDA ends 2 local food programs

Democratic senators demand answers from USDA after major cuts to food assistance programs

In California, the federal funding supported 533 small farmers — including about 100 from the San Joaquin Valley.

US senators to urge USDA to reinstate canceled local food programs

Democrats in the U.S. Senate will ask the Department of Agriculture to reverse the cancellation of programs that have funneled more than $2 billion for local food purchases to schools and food banks,

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USDA discontinues $660 million Local Foods for Schools program impacting local farmers and students

The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers.

USDA cuts funding to Texas food banks

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Seacoast food pantries: 'We need community to step up' amid federal cuts

Federal funding cuts have Seacoast food pantry leaders fearful about ability to meet needs of local people. Here's how you can help.

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‘It’s disappointing’: North Texas food banks lose $2 million in federal funding cuts

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut funding for two federal programs that provided food banks and schools with money to buy food from local farmers. Over $1 billion in funding for the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement and the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement has been frozen.

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USDA cuts $1 billion in funding for schools, food banks to buy food from local farmers

Feeding America West Michigan will lose about 500,000 pounds of food, close to 400,000 meals, due to the stoppage of the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).

Myanmar, World Food Programme and Rohingya people

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World Food Programme to cut aid for one million people in Myanmar

More than a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from life-saving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) from next month because of critical shortfalls in funding, the latest cut in humanitarian support from the U.

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UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in Myanmar

The United Nations food agency said on Friday that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls.

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Funding cuts force WFP to stop food aid to one million in Myanmar

The World Food Programme will be forced to cut off one million people in war-torn Myanmar from its vital food aid because of "critical funding shortfalls", it said on Friday.

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USDA cancels $1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to buy food from local suppliers

The USDA said it is promoting wiser government spending, but schools say it will make it tougher to serve healthy meals.

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What the USDA’s $1B cut means for Michigan food banks, schools, farms

The federal government is ending two programs that enabled food banks and schools to purchase fresh food from local farms.

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Mesa County highlights its food assistance program

Mesa County highlighted their food assistance program recently. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program helps ...

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2025 Budget Stakes: Proposals Would Reduce Children’s Access to School Meals and Other Food Assistance

In seeking deep cuts through a fast-track budget process, Republican lawmakers could soon advance proposals that would take away food assistance from low-income families with children or make ...

Food and cash assistance for needy Alaskans caught up in ongoing backlog amid staffing shortage

Troy Sauve, a Fairbanks resident, submitted his applications for food and heating assistance to the Alaska Division of Public ...

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