Hunger on the rise across region as USDA cuts $1 billion in food assistance nationwide (Part 1)

UT system loses $37.7M in federal grants; Institute of Agriculture is hardest hit

President Donald Trump’s administration has pulled the plug on roughly $37.7 million in federal funding across 42 grants for the University of Tennessee System. The majority of the loss — $31.2 million — comes from eight terminated grants at the…

U of M has lost 79 grants totaling more than $22M from federal cuts

Many of the grants funded biomedical, environmental, and energy and natural resources work. More than one-third of the terminated grants included DEI and gender-related activities.

Hunger on the rise across region as USDA cuts $1 billion in food assistance nationwide (Part 1)

Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a two-part series. KENNETT SQUARE — The spring brought shockwaves at home, around the region and across America as the U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled $1 billion in food assistance. The USDA did not respond to a request for comment. According to Feeding America, 1 in 8 children face hunger. In this region, the USDA canceled a $250,000 food order to Chester County Food Bank, and an estimated $525,0…

Delaware Valley food banks seek assistance after USDA cuts $1 billion in food assistance nationwide

Editor’s Note: This is the first part of a two-part series. KENNETT SQUARE — The spring brought shockwaves at home, around the region and across America as the U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled $1 billion in food assistance. The USDA did not respond to a request for comment. According to Feeding America, 1 in 8 children face hunger. In this region, the USDA canceled a $250,000 food order to Chester County Food Bank, and an estimated $525,0…