Food Banks Left in the Lurch as Some Shipments Are Suspended
A representative of a nationwide food pantry network, said U.S.D.A. officials had informed him that some food aid distributed ...
‘Government cheese’: Its existence was a result of government intervention gone wrong | Opinion
Trump is slashing the kind of programs that were at the heart of attempts to help dairy farmers, even if they backfired. From ...
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The existence of ‘government cheese’ was a result of government intervention gone wrong
Families hurting from the recession of the ’80s could take cheese and butter, at least, off their shopping lists, as agencies handed out hundreds of millions of pounds of these foodstuffs. How we got ...
USDA halts millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks
The halt in deliveries comes after the Trump administration separately slashed $1 billion for schools and food banks to buy ...
USDA stops the flow of millions of dollars to local food banks: Report
The USDA allocated $500 million for food banks for the rest of the fiscal year through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. Food bank leaders in six states confirmed to Politico that many of their ...
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‘Government cheese’: Its existence was a result of government intervention gone wrong | Opinion
Either you understand what I’m talking about firsthand, or maybe you’ve heard about it more as an urban legend, but government cheese was real. My family, like many others who lived on Chicago ...
USDA halts food deliveries, Sacramento food banks face another crisis
Food banks across the nation, including those in Sacramento, are grappling with a significant blow as the U.S. Department of Agriculture pauses millions of dollars worth of food deliveries.
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
The Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, which supports food banks and other feeding organizations, ...
USDA cancels $1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to buy food from local suppliers
The USDA said it is promoting wiser government spending, but schools say it will make it tougher to serve healthy meals.
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Federal cuts hit schools and food banks: USDA pulls $1 billion in funding to local food programes
The USDA is discontinuing two federal programmes, cutting $1 billion used by schools and food banks to procure local food. This affects $660 million for the Local Food for Schools programme in 40 ...