USDA cuts funding for school, food bank programs

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting two pandemic-era programs that provide more than $1 billion combined in federal funding for schools and food banks to buy food directly from local suppliers. Marcia Brown, food and agriculture reporter at Politico, joins "The Daily Report" to break it down.

Topics

USDA halts more than $1B in funding for local food banks, schools

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) says it has nixed more than $1 billion in funding for local food banks and schools by terminating two programs that aid state, tribal and territorial ...
The Hill - 2d
USDA cancels $1 billion in local meal funding for schools and food banks

The USDA said it is promoting wiser government spending, but schools say it will make it tougher to serve healthy meals.
CBS News - 2d
Farms, Food Banks Cut Off Guard By Spending Cuts

Promising a return to “fiscally responsible initiatives,” the Agriculture Department ended two Biden-era programs that paid farmers to provide food to schools and low-income families.
The New York Times - 20h
Malnutrition food product sees funding affected by USAID cuts

Plumpynut is a life-saving food product that can bring a malnourished child back to health in just weeks. But the Trump administration's cuts to USAID essentially canceled funding to two American ...
CBS News - 5d
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh brace for upcoming food reductions as aid agencies cut funding

Rohingya refugees in crammed Bangladeshi camps say they are worried about a U.S. decision to cut food rations by half beginning next month, while a refugee official says the reduction will impact ...
ABC News - 5d
USDA pauses funding to University of Maine after Trump clash with governor

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday it is temporarily pausing funding to the University of Maine System, a move that comes after President Trump and the state’s governor got ...
The Hill - 2d
GOP funding patch boosts defense and deportations, cuts other programs

Ahead of a Friday shutdown deadline, House GOP leaders are serving up a plan Democrats will despise.
Politico - 5d
Mom worries about daughter with Down Syndrome after Education Department cuts

Hope Katz Zogby, a 7th grader in Baltimore, gets speech therapy and occupational therapy she receives onsite at her local charter school -- programs made possible through funding from the Education ...
CBS News - 1d
House GOP seeks spending cuts, defense increases in plan to avert shutdown

House Republicans on Saturday unveiled a six-month stopgap government funding plan, that seeks cuts to nondefense programs while boosting funding for defense. The bill's rollout kicks off a crucial ...
The Hill - 5d

USDA cuts funding for school, food bank programs

Topics

Related

USDA halts more than $1B in funding for local food banks, schools

USDA cancels $1 billion in local meal funding for schools and food banks

Farms, Food Banks Cut Off Guard By Spending Cuts

Malnutrition food product sees funding affected by USAID cuts

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh brace for upcoming food reductions as aid agencies cut funding

USDA pauses funding to University of Maine after Trump clash with governor

GOP funding patch boosts defense and deportations, cuts other programs

Mom worries about daughter with Down Syndrome after Education Department cuts

House GOP seeks spending cuts, defense increases in plan to avert shutdown

More from CBS News

Gene Hackman's estate trying to block release of death probe records

3/13: CBS Evening News Plus

Passengers evacuate after American Airlines plane catches fire at DIA

Second federal judge orders White House to rehire fired probationary workers

How disease detectives are hunting for viruses at major U.S. airports

More in Top stories

WATCH: Protesters arrested at Trump Tower sit-in for detained activist Mahmoud Khalil

WATCH: American Airlines flight catches fire at Denver airport

Exclusive: Every McDonald’s in Britain warned of crackdown over staff sexual abuse

Is Putin ready for a ceasefire or playing for time?

Chelsea to sign Sporting winger Quenda for £40m