Gov. Shapiro Sues USDA over Canceled $13M Food Purchasing Program

Shapiro Sues USDA Over Termination of Farm-to-Food Bank Program

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (D) filed a lawsuit on May 4 against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, accusing the agency of unlawfully terminating a $13 million federal program that helped local farms provide food to food banks across the state. The program, known as the Local Food Purchasing Assistance (LFPA) Program, was intended to fund Pennsylvania’s local food system through 2027. It supported 189 farms and supplied fresh food to 14 …

How can farmers, millers, dairies respond to the premature end of a federal food purchasing program? – Athens County Independent

How can farmers, millers and dairies respond to the termination of the programs that asked them to sell local food to food banks in their state? An announcement in March that the $1 billon Local Food Purchasing Agreement [Assistance] program will end in June, two years early, means farmers, millers, meat processors and dairies will suffer. Some will go bankrupt. These programs started to fulfill a campaign promise that American farmers would fee…

Josh Shapiro sues USDA over spending cuts

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture over its decision to cut a COVID-19 pandemic-era assistance program. The Trump administration ended the $13 million Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program agreement, supporting 189 Pennsylvania farms and 14 food…

Pennsylvania sues US Department of Agriculture over funding cuts

Pennsylvania officials filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Wednesday over its termination of the Local Food Purchase Assistance 2025 Cooperative Agreement (LFPA25 Agreement). The Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) provides federal funding to states to purchase local food from regional producers for distribution through food banks and school lunch programs. The USDA notified …

USDA faces billions in cuts