The Department of Agriculture has cut over $1 billion in funding aimed at helping schools and food banks purchase from local farmers, according to a news report and a school nutrition nonprofit.

States that had integrated these funds into their operational plans for school meal programs and food banks will face ...

The withdrawal of funding will affect schools across the U.S. at a time when they're already grappling with high food costs, she said. One of those school districts said the USDA's decision will ...

While it isn’t inherently bad to give your dog extra food, it can lead to harmful outcomes. While chubby dogs are often seen ...

The department’s $660 million Local Food For Schools program, which was started under President Joe Biden in 2021, was canceled for 2025, according to the School Nutrition Association ...

Without the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program, school meal programs in Louisiana could be disrupted, which could lead to difficulties in maintaining current meal programs and ...

A separate program provided money to food banks. In Maine, the money allowed the coastal RSU 23 school district to buy food directly from fisherman, dairy producers and farmers for school meals, said ...

The Saskatchewan government has signed a $16-million deal with Ottawa to expand school food programs. The agreement will see the federal government invest the money over three years. Ottawa says ...

The lines are longer," he added. The School Nutrition Association recently announced cuts to the Local Food for Schools program. "Congress needs to invest in underfunded school meal programs ...

Saskatchewan and the federal government have signed a $15.8 million, three-year agreement under Canada’s National School Food Program. The program, which was launched by Ottawa last year, aims to ...

In line with the President’s address, compliance requirements must be adhered to by all vendors, tuck shops and traders to regulate food sales on school premises and ensure that food is free from ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has cut more than $1 billion in federal programs that gave schools and food banks funding to purchase food from local farms and ranchers ― a move that school lunch ...