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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 ...
WSOC-TV

USDA program cuts deepening Charlotte food insecurity, food banks say

CHARLOTTE — The United States Department of Agriculture is ending several pandemic-era programs that connected local farmers to food banks and schools. The USDA is ending the Local Food Purchase ...
WKOW

Wisconsin farmers, food pantries urge USDA to restore local food programs

MADISON (WKOW) -- Farmers and food pantries in Wisconsin are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to restore local food assistance programs. The USDA announced it's terminating the 2025 Local ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

School districts, NEPA food bank concerned about USDA programs ending

The executive director of a food bank serving Lackawanna, Luzerne, Susquehanna and Wyoming counties is concerned about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to end two programs that allow ...