“What this is all about is providing some small grants, $2,000 to those school districts, and that will be an incentive for them to buy locally,” he says. Schools can use the grants to buy ...

The Local Food for Schools program "was a godsend to us," Bilbrey said. "It keeps our meal costs down, and we're helping our community, which improves the perception of school meals." ...

“From where I’m sitting, after 28 years of food banking, what we have is the logical result of 40 years of dire economic inequality," said Susannah Morgan, president of Oregon Food Bank.

If we act now, we can build a future where fresh, locally grown food is prioritized, not sidelined. But if these funding delays continue, we risk losing the progress we’ve made. Let’s not wait.

One aspect of our diets where we can generally give ourselves a break is how far our food has traveled from the point of production. These food miles make up only 5% of the overall greenhouse gas ...

Local food pantries, markets ... founder and executive director of Matthew 25 Buy Photo “In those places, we are really willing to sacrifice the price a little bit to make sure that we're ...

USDA cuts funding that paid for fresh, local food for schools and food banks. The programs accounted for more than a billion dollars’ worth of contracts for small farmers, ranchers and fishermen.

Because when we buy local, we all grow local. eatlocalwny.org The initiative is supported by FreshFix and the UB School of Public Health and Health Professions through funding by the USDA.