The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cancelling roughly $1 billion in already-promised spending on local food purchases for ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said canceling more than $1 billion in grants to schools and child care facilities to purchase fresh food from nearby farms and ranches is needed to eliminate an ...

School nutritionists are raising alarms about the future of school meals for children, as recent and potential cuts by the ...

IDOA Director Costello discusses the impact of federal funding cuts and tariffs on Illinois farmers and food-insecure ...

The Department of Agriculture cut $1 billion in spending by cutting two programs that provided funds for schools and ...

Federal funding has helped the university system to research everything from the climate resilience of potatoes and ...

Iowa farmers were told to expect a renewal of contracts sending local foods to schools and food pantries, the USDA has announced those contracts won’t be renewed.

Last year, the USDA announced a more $1 billion investment for the school food programs, with $471.5 million allocated for ...

(CNN) - The U.S. Agriculture Department has cut two programs that provided money for schools and food banks to buy food from local farmers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended a program that partners local food banks with local farmers used by farmers and food banks across southwest Ohio.

The promised federal funds would have reimbursed schools for locally-purchased food. It would have represented the largest amount ever invested in Minnesota farm-to-school or farm-to-food shelf ...

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump nominee, denied a request to block the administration from canceling $65 million in contracts between the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the State ...