Newsday6d
USDA funding cuts to impact Long Island food banks, NYS schools
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week it was eliminating the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement, which had provided $420 million nationwide to food banks.
Wired28d
USDA Layoffs Derail Projects Benefiting American Farmers
On her first full day in office, US secretary of agriculture Brooke Rollins told USDA staffers gathered at its headquarters in Washington that she supported the Department of Government Efficiency ...
MSNBC9d
USDA axes study into safer menstruation products, citing single reference to trans men
On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollin s bragged ... In her social media post, Rollins thanked the American Principles Project for the “tip.” The conservative think tank flagged ...
Today8d
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 ...
MSNBC8d
Trump's USDA secretary defends $1 billion cuts to funding for food banks, schools
The Trump administration is facing backlash from Democrats and school nutrition advocates over its recent decision to kill two federal programs that provided more than $1 billion in funding for ...
Bloomberg L.P.29d
USDA Mistakenly Lays Off Employees Working on Bird Flu Response
Several US Department of Agriculture employees tackling the bird flu outbreak were accidentally fired over the weekend, an action the agency is trying to correct. Employees supporting the bird flu ...
The Straits Times6d
US senators to urge USDA to reinstate canceled local food programs
In a 2023 USDA study, 35% of school nutrition authorities said cost was a barrier to purchasing local food for meal programs. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news ...
Reuters24d
USDA review of University of Maine funding could hit PFAS, biofuel research
Feb 24 (Reuters) - A U.S. Department of Agriculture investigation into the ... says Trump funding cut for Radio Free Europe is a US internal matter 10:50 AM UTC · Updated ago Worldcategory ...
Reuters11d
Farmers put plans, investments on hold under Trump USDA spending freeze
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, March 10 - Nate Powell-Palm, an organic farmer outside Belgrade, Montana, was relying on a $648,000 grant from USDA's Agricultural ... the $191 billion American agricultural ...
UPI26d
U.S. Agriculture Department suspends scholarships for students at historically Black colleges
Meanwhile, the American Bar Association has suspended its diversity, equity and inclusion accreditation requirement for law schools through Aug. 31. Advertisement The USDA web page for the program ...
Fox News8d
Federal dietary guidelines will soon change for Americans, HHS and USDA announce
The "Make America Healthy Again" commission held an inaugural meeting on Monday with USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The USDA and HHS have since announced ...
Food Safety News29d
USDA reports spread of bird flu to other animals; Canada buys additional vaccine
As confirmations of the spread of bird flu in dairy herds and poultry flocks in the United States continue to mount, the Public Health Agency of Canada has secured 500,000 additional doses of a ...