In California, the federal funding supported 533 small farmers — including about 100 from the San Joaquin Valley.

Ending the local food for schools and local food purchase agreement programs will cut $14.5 million to the state, including ...

An innovative program that paid small farmers to grow much-needed produce for California food banks is losing its federal ...

The $660 million Local Food For Schools program, which was started under President Joe Biden, was canceled for 2025.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for ...

A study published in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development reveals the positive impact of ...

Harvesters Community Food Network is figuring out what to do after $1 million installments from a COVID-era program were ...

Federal funding cuts have Seacoast food pantry leaders fearful about ability to meet needs of local people. Here's how you ...

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

Promising a return to “fiscally responsible initiatives,” the Agriculture Department ended two Biden-era programs that paid ...

Local free food distribution organizers and farmers are struggling to fill in the gaps amid federal funding cuts.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the end of COVID-era food programs that were utilized by food pantries ...