California farmers growing food for schools and food banks were among those hit by $1 billion in cuts to the U.S. Department ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff is among a group of legislators pushing to keep nine field offices for the ...

A coalition of California lawmakers is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reverse its decision to close nine ...

Cuts to USDA grants are hitting small farmers hard, and threaten to upend building a more resilient local food supply chain.

Under President Trump, the USDA is rolling back programs intended to strengthen local food supply chains. Small scale farmers ...

Governor Gavin Newsom’s budget aims to give food banks less funding for local produce and replace an existing diaper program ...

In this opinion piece, journalist Ali Moxley, argues that a funding freeze for USDA’s Increasing Land, Capital, and Market ...

Marcos Fernandez, who has volunteered on and off for the last eight months, carries a box of food to a recipient on foot at the Verbo Food Pantry in North Fair Oaks on Oct. 16, 2024. Photo by Anna ...

Closure of these offices would severely hamper USDA’s ability to support farmers ... Jimmy Panetta. California lawmakers also raised concerns in February about federal budget cuts that ...