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USDA Cuts School Food Program

The Associated Press on MSN · 11h

USDA ends program that helped schools serve food from local farmers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers.

Education Week · 1d

Trump Admin. Cuts Program That Brought Local Food to School Cafeterias

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

FOX 10 Phoenix · 16h

USDA cancels $1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to buy food from local suppliers

Last year, the USDA announced a more $1 billion investment for the school food programs, with $471.5 million allocated for states to buy local foods to provide schools taking part in free or reduced-cost meal programs, and another $188.6 million for child care centers involved in the Child and Adut Care Food Program, USA Today reported.

Chalkbeat on MSN14h

How a Republican plan to cut universal free school meals could affect 12 million students

House Republicans want to scale back federal spending on universal free school meals as part of a broader reduction in social ...

Concerns arise over possible reductions in federal funding for free school meals

Federal spending proposals and actions have policymakers and student nutrition advocates alarmed, threatening access to free ...

14hon MSN

Tennessee to lose $12.6M in funding to bring local food to students across the state

funds for schools and childcare facilities to buy food from local farmers.

1don MSN

School nutrition leaders speak out after the U.S. House proposes $12 billion in cuts

One Wiregrass area nutrition director is in D.C. to meet with lawmakers to advocate against these cuts. In the recent effort ...

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