WASHINGTON — Democratic members of the Senate and the House of Representatives continue to ask for answers on the US Department of Agriculture’s decision to cancel $1 billion in food purchase programs ...
Applications are being accepted for the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, which provides low-income seniors with $50 in coupons for fresh produce from Maui farmers markets. Maui Economic ...
U.S. Senator Angus King is demanding the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reverse its cancelation of food purchase programs for food banks, schools and childcare centers in Maine and across the ...
Through these federal programs, which launched in 2022, schools, food banks and other institutions received extra funding to buy directly from local farmers and ranchers. Supporters described it as a ...
North Carolina has participated in the program since 2022. Cuts are expected to be finalized in early May. What to know.
California recognizes Older Californians Nutrition Month. California offers a wide array of services to ensure older adults ...
The Trump administration said it won't fund the two programs that allowed schools and food banks to supply healthier food to ...
On Monday, a group of 31 senators, including Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), penned a letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins ...
In a March 7 letter, a U.S. Department of Agriculture official wrote that the food assistant program "no longer effectuates ...
The program provided fresh produce and locally produced meat to about 150,000 people in Arkansas. Food bank aren't sure how they'll make up the shortfall.
The foodshare partnership is part of a larger effort by Durham Public Schools’ to ‘radically re-envision’ school menus.