USDA halts more than $1B in funding for local food banks, schools

‘Our People Are Hungry’: What Federal Food Aid Cuts Mean in a Warming World

The sudden funding cuts of the USDA have left food banks and aid programs struggling to support communities facing food insecurity.

Trump administration could have wide-reaching effects on Tennessee school lunches

Middle Tennessee school districts are bracing for potential fallout from two Trump administration decisions that could change how schools provide food for students. The USDA announced last week that it was cancelling $1 billion in federal funding for pandemic-era programs designed to keep local food products in local communities. Listen: The Promise podcast One of these programs — the Local Food for Schools (LFS) Cooperative Agreement Program — …

Va. farm-to-school and food banks lose federal funding

For Brick Goldman, 73, farming isn't just his career, it's a way of life that's been passed down through six generations.

Federal confusion reverberates in Alabama

Last week, the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries learned it would no longer be receiving funding from the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program and the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program.

Metro Atlanta food bank concerned about USDA cuts to local food programs

Some say it streamlines government waste while others say it hurts Georgia farmers and children.

As federal aid stops, local feeding program official looks to Charleston to help West Virginia veterans, families

BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its plan to ax two programs which help schools and food banks support local farmers and feed people. In an email to CBS News, federal officials confirmed that USDA will slash $1 billion in funding to schools and food banks to buy food directly from local farms, ranchers and producers, part of what the agency said was a decision to "return to long-term, fiscally responsible initia…