What does exist in the Seattle area, experts say, are dietary problems that span all incomes, education levels and cultures, and are too complex to summarize with lines on a map. So what exactly is a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has abruptly halted millions of dollars worth of deliveries to food banks, POLITICO first reported. Per the outlet, the executive department previously ...

said some local food banks and food pantries were told that USDA deliveries of commodities such as cheese and meat are being canceled at least temporarily. Many others were not notified by federal ...

which supports food banks and other feeding organizations, has also been cut. USDA notified states that it was unfreezing funds for existing LFPA agreements but did not plan to carry out a second ...

Additionally, the USDA has discontinued the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, which provided $500 million to food banks, per The Guardian. The USDA announced funding ...

according to food bank leaders in six states. USDA had previously allocated $500 million in deliveries to food banks for fiscal year 2025 through The Emergency Food Assistance Program. Now ...

(Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Also included in this series of funding pauses and reinstatements was another USDA grant — called the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement program ...

Food banks nationwide are facing a major funding setback after the USDA pulled more than $1 billion from programs that helped them buy fresh, local food. The cost of food is already rising ...

Recently, they’ve been selling about $65,000 worth of their produce to local schools and food banks through these USDA programs. “And this season, we were anticipating for those numbers to ...