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USDA ends programs that help schools and food banks buy locally-grown food

The cancellation of two programs will affect more than $1 billion in expected funding this year. Food advocates worry the cuts are coming when other federal food programs are at risk. The U.S.
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Elimination of Food Assistance Programs Will Deepen Local Hunger Crisis

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (FEED MY PEOPLE FOOD BANK PRESS RELEASE) - Feed My People Food Bank (FMP) is deeply concerned about the elimination of the Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) program at a time when ...
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USDA ended its local food programs. A look at how farmers, schools and food banks are coping

Kitchen staff at the Clear Lake Middle School in northern Iowa slice local apples as one of the fruit options for lunch. The school district received federal funds through the USDA's Local Food for ...
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Food assistance programs starved by fed funding cuts

LOWELL — The gulf between the haves and the have-nots just got a whole lot wider thanks to $1 billion in cuts made earlier this month by U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to food ...