Map Shows States With Most Schools Impacted by Proposed Meal Funding Cut
A new map shows which states will be hit hardest by proposed school meal funding cuts, potentially affecting millions of students.
USDA’s $1B in cuts leaves farmers and schools bracing for impact
The Trump administration last week moved to cut more than $1 billion in programs that helped schools and food banks buy fresh food and meat, leaving farmers and educators across the country worried about wide-ranging impacts.
USDA cancels $1 billion in local meal funding for schools and food banks
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting two federal programs that provided about $1 billion in funding to schools and food banks to buy food directly from local farms, ranchers and producers, part of what the agency said was a decision to "return to long-term,
USDA Cuts School Food Program: List of States Impacted
Many states have been notified that funding for the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program has been cut, which helped bring local food to schools.
USDA cuts over $1 billion in funding for schools, local food purchases
The USDA said in an email that it had notified states, territories and tribes that the money for fiscal year 2025, “is no longer available."
Funding cut for program that provided healthy, local food to Massachusetts schools
Governor Maura Healey decried the federal government for cutting funding to a program which is used to provide healthy, locally sourced foods to Massachusetts schools. "Just another example of bad actions by Elon Musk and Donald Trump that are going to hurt people here in the state,
Map Shows States Trying To Scrap Grocery Tax
As it currently stands, grocery taxes are in place across nine states: Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri, South Dakota, Tennessee and Utah. Lowering or elim ...
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 ...