What Is Food Assistance

USDA ends 2 local food programs

What the USDA’s $1B cut means for Michigan food banks, schools, farms

The federal government is ending two programs that enabled food banks and schools to purchase fresh food from local farms.

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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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USDA plans big cuts to food bank, school food programs: What to know

States were notified that the USDA had cut funding to the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program, the School Nutrition Association says.

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Need for food assistance is high. Here's what you can do to help.

Across the region, metro Detroiters need food assistance. Pantries and nonprofits have reported high levels of need all year and that's growing in the winter. Agencies say they need volunteers ...

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What Congressional cuts to food assistance could mean for people in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana

More than 2 million people in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana could lose some or all their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

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As emergency SNAP benefits expire, advocates work to fill the nutrition gap

As supplemental emergency allotments (EAs) are pulled from the household budgets of those acquiring food through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as the Food ...

USDA cancels local food purchasing plan that helps Mississippi food banks, local farmers

USDA cuts more than $1B to programs that help food banks and schools buy fresh foods from local farmers and ranchers across the U.S. What we know ...

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