Cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that provide food for schools and food banks have communities across the U.S.

THE GOVERNMENT should boost its support for farmers and other local food producers and agrarian reform efforts to achieve its food security goals, farmer’s groups said citing its failure to address ...

The Linn County Food Symposium was launched after the COVID pandemic, in response to questions about local food options.

States like Minnesota and North Dakota are out millions of dollars in federal funding expected to cover costs of purchasing ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ending two programs that provided more than $1 billion for food banks and schools to purchase food from local farmers and producers. The Local Food Purchase ...

The extension of a federally funded program allowing food banks to buy food at market price from local producers has been terminated by the Trump administration, sparking concerns about the impact to ...

I care about it, I’m a business owner, but I’m also a mother,” she said. Just two months into the Trump administration, that steadily growing ecosystem of producers, processors, and distributors is ...

Local food producers and school food service directors told U.S. Sen. Tina Smith on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, that the Farm to School Program benefits rural economies and is important for students.