AMANA, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa farmers and institutions lost an estimated $11.3 million in federal funding to support the purchase of locally raised foods, following the recent termination ...

Young Family Farm in Kansas City. A now-cancelled USDA grant could have helped the farm sell more produce by expanding a farmers market. Tammy Ljungblad Tljungblad@kcstar.com Reality Check is a Star ...

Reductions in staff and office closures loom at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as the agency has opened a ‘path’ to release $10.8 billion, which includes $2.5 billion in loan subsidies, ...

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON DC (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's termination of federal funding for a program seeking to restore urban tree canopies in low-income areas will leave one Nashville-based nonprofit and the tree ...

PITTSBURGH — As the founder of a local food startup negotiating a full range of small business challenges, Simon Huntley knows a warning sign when he sees one. After his Lawrenceville-based Harvie was ...

Iowa farmers and institutions lost an estimated $11.3 million in federal funding to support the purchase of locally raised foods, following the recent termination of two U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

People who drive through Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry’s distributions in Aurora typically get four bags of food, says Executive Director Annette Johnson — a bag of bread, a bag of produce, a bag of ...

Since starting a composting hub at her community garden, Lissie Stewart says she has collected 25,000 pounds of food waste, diverting it from the landfill. “As a family, we just know Sundays are ...

As President Donald Trump’s administration attempts to lower inflation by reducing government spending, Americans are finding out the very programs putting healthy, affordable foods on their plates ...

Four days a week, Maile Auterson and one of her employees drive hundreds of miles across Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas to deliver fresh produce to food deserts. Auterson's nonprofit, Springfield ...