Agri-Pulse

Agri-Pulse Newsmakers: Jan. 30, 2026: Food for Peace program, E15 with Sen. Jerry Moran

The Agriculture Department has temporarily taken over management of the Food for Peace program, which drives demand for U.S. commodities used as international food aid. We spoke with Kansas Sen. Jerry ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

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 ...
Iowa Public Radio

Local food advocates try to patch supply chain gaps after the USDA cuts programs

Kitchen staff at the Clear Lake Middle School in northern Iowa slice local apples as one of the fruit options for lunch. Hundreds of Iowa farmers, schools and food banks planned on federal dollars ...
Badger Herald

USDA cuts pandemic-era food programs, puts strain on small Wisconsin farms

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a letter March 7 that it will eliminate 2025 funding for the Local Food Purchase Assistance and Local Food for Schools programs. Recipients of this letter ...
NBC News

The USDA cut $500 million in funding to food banks. Here’s how they’re coping.

As President Donald Trump’s administration attempts to lower inflation by reducing government spending, Americans are finding out the very programs putting healthy, affordable foods on their plates ...
The Columbian

USDA set to cut $1B for food programs. WA food banks are worried

It’s been a tough couple of years for local food banks and the people they serve. The COVID-19 pandemic led hundreds of thousands more Washingtonians to visit food banks and pantries to feed ...