In addition to the end of two local food programs that support schools and food banks sourcing from small farms, more cuts ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting two programs worth roughly $1 billion. One of them provided roughly $660 million for schools to buy food from local farms. The other helped food banks ...

The agency provides farmers relief resources in the wake record ... but has occasionally reported incorrect information regarding the size of cut contracts. The largest discrepancy was in February ...

The administration, in an effort to cut waste ... or corruption in the aid agency weeded out, the U.S. needs to continue to deliver aid and get the farmers’ excess grain to the people who ...