The Biden administration started two programs during the pandemic to help states and tribes purchase local food from nearby ...

A program providing meals to children in West Tennessee during summer months is on track to deliver roughly double the number ...

In the past year, the Trump administration has worked to dramatically reduce the federal workforce and—with the support of the Republican-led Congress—slash spending on the social safety net. A move ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins says the $1.3 billion fight against a potentially deadly livestock pest includes federal funds reallocated from a local food buying program. “There is more ...

After DOGE dismantled USAID in 2025, the United States’ oldest emergency food aid program—Food for Peace—was moved to USDA, an agency with no crisis-response expertise. Now, Food for Peace is sending ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the department will expand a fertilizer production grant program, but drop talk of climate benefits. The Department of Agriculture will revive and expand a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has barred 10 lenders, including five community banks, from participating in its OneRD rural development loan guarantee program citing large numbers of delinquent ...

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LOWELL — Open Pantry of Greater Lowell is taking their food distribution program on the road — to 585 Middlesex St. In April, the oldest community food program in Lowell was notified that its ...