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Rising grocery prices strain local food banks: The Storehouse Food Pantry feels the impact
MANCHESTER, Tenn (WTVF) — In the face of rising grocery prices, food banks are struggling to keep up with demand, and local families are feeling the pressure more than ever. Many are now forced ...
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USDA cuts funding that paid for fresh, local food for schools and food banks
For the last few years, schools and food banks around the country have been able to get fresh produce and meat from small, local farms, thanks to federal funding. But that’s about to end.
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Biddeford student athletes make connections in their community
along with a truckload of non-perishable goods that were delivered to the Biddeford Food Pantry just in time for the holidays ...
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Federal cuts hit schools and food banks: USDA pulls $1 billion in funding to local food programes
The USDA is discontinuing two federal programmes, cutting $1 billion used by schools and food banks to procure local food. This affects $660 million for the Local Food for Schools programme in 40 ...
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Walk-Up Food Pantry taken down after years of serving the Dubuque community
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KWWL) -- A walk-up self-service food pantry known in the Dubuque community as "Big Purple" has been taken down. The box was filled with food, books and other supplies daily that the ...
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Small Farms and Food Banks are Caught Off Guard by Spending Cuts
They had provided $1 billion in grants to states, which then made money available to school districts, food banks and distribution hubs to buy produce, meat, fish, dairy and other minimally ...
Politico9d
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending. Roughly $660 ...
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USDA cuts over $1 billion in local food purchasing for schools and food banks
The U.S. Agriculture Department has cut two federal programs that spent over $1 billion annually to help schools and food banks buy food from local farms and ranches, according to a school group ...
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'We're on hold': Local food pantry unsure of federal funding, concerned for future
LEBANON, Ohio (WKRC) – A local food pantry is facing uncertainty about its funding through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program. The Lebanon Food Pantry serves about 350 people a week in ...
USA Today8d
USDA plans big cuts to food bank, school food programs: What to know
The Department of Agriculture has cut over $1 billion in funding aimed at helping schools and food banks purchase from local farmers, according to a news report and a school nutrition nonprofit.
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USDA cuts funding for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and ranchers
I’M QUANECIA FRASER. I’M BILL SHERMAN. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ENDING A PROGRAM THAT CONNECTED FOOD BANKS AND SCHOOLS WITH LOCAL FARMERS. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S AARON HEGARTY JOINS US ...