Small-scale farmers of color in Fresno hurt by USDA cuts to food bank program

By dawn, they would be stacked inside the Central California Food Bank, one of the buyers that keeps his small-scale farm and ...
KSTP-TV

USDA food program cuts include $18M for Minnesota schools, food pantries

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the end of COVID-era food programs that were utilized by food pantries and schools across the country to buy locally from farmers. Minnesota ...
Yahoo

‘A vital program’: USDA cancels millions of dollars worth of assistance to Mass. food banks

Shelves at Massachusetts food banks may look emptier after the most recent round of USDA cuts. On Thursday, the state’s food banks were informed by the Massachusetts Office of Education that ...
KOSU

These 5 agriculture, food stories were popular in 2025

KOSU wrote dozens of articles about agriculture and food this year, led by reporter Anna Pope and supplemented by the station ...
Agri-Pulse

Why USDA could need much bigger staff to run Food for Peace

In an effort to save the Food for Peace program amid the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, farm-state Republicans have proposed to move the program to the ...
WGBH

USDA worker appeals firing for talking to press about food assistance during shutdown

USDA employee Ellen Mei (center) spoke at a rally Friday about her planned termination following an interview about SNAP benefits lapsing during the federal shutdown. On October 2, the day after the ...