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Bluethroughu

(7,166 posts) Tue Mar 11, 2025, 01:05 PM Mar 11

USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks [View all]

Source: Politico

The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending.

Roughly $660 million that schools and child care facilities were counting on to purchase food from nearby farms through the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program in 2025 has been

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/10/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-for-schools-food-banks-00222796

They want starve people out, for more money for the rich!

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USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks [View all] Bluethroughu Mar 11 OP

If they are just local farmers they are out of luck, gab13by13 Mar 11 #1

Trump cut food programs for schools offering food to school children, Bluethroughu Mar 11 #2

But rfk hates junk food. More clash of the titans. cbabe Mar 11 #16

I forgot, he prefers roadkill, so the new policy may be Bluethroughu Mar 11 #19

I hope these farmers JBTaurus83 Mar 11 #3

Yes, the are FAFO stage. Bluethroughu Mar 11 #4

I guess they've become suicidal, but I wonder if they realize Bluethroughu Mar 11 #15

Bastard choie Mar 11 #5

I play Nirvava's cover by The Meatpuppets Bluethroughu Mar 11 #8

Back to ketchup as a vegetable Bayard Mar 11 #6

These cuts give more money for Rich Ketamine addicts. Bluethroughu Mar 11 #9

Conservatism is selfishness. nt Hotler Mar 11 #7

Yes. They usually never dissappoint with their levels of deparvity. Bluethroughu Mar 11 #11

Greed KIlls Trust_Reality Mar 11 #10

Yes, unapologetically. Bluethroughu Mar 11 #12

The Republican Prayer surfered Mar 11 #13

You forgot, Bluethroughu Mar 11 #14

Let the children starve. How Christian of them. yardwork Mar 11 #17

Who needs educated, well-fed children when they can just go to the workhouses? sakabatou Mar 11 #18

Schedule more town halls, republicans orangecrush Mar 11 #20