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Following the USDA’s food and farm funding

In the first seven months of President Donald Trump’s second administration, the federal funding landscape has been radically changed — especially for the people who grow, harvest, and distribute food ...
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Following the USDA’s food and farm funding: Here’s what’s been canceled and frozen, and resources for those affected

In the first year and a half of President Donald Trump’s second administration, the federal funding landscape has been radically changed — especially for the people who grow, harvest, and distribute ...
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USDA’s end of diversity efforts in farm programs will mean ‘less food for the community’

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ruled last week that it already “sufficiently addressed” past discrimination and that continuing to practice “race- and sex-based remedies” are no longer necessary ...
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Inside the program cuts, workforce purges, and secretive reorganization of the USDA

Like many government agencies, the Department of Agriculture has a fraught history with discrimination and disenfranchisement. Farmers of color and young and beginning producers have long struggled to ...
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Lucas bill would grant Tribes full control of food distribution program

WASHINGTON – Legislation aiming to turn over a federal food distribution program to tribal communities has been introduced by Oklahoma’s two most senior House members, one of whom is the chair of the ...