USDA kills millions in contracts that help buy local food for Iowa kids and food banks
The Iowa Food System Coalition says the USDA has cancelled contracts worth more than $11-million. The money was to help the state’s food banks, schools and child care centers purchase local food from more than 300 Iowa farmers over three years.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig recently announced the launch of the Choose Iowa Food Purchasing Program for Schools. The pilot program aims to connect Iowa schools ...
Iowa House and Senate lawmakers are considering appropriating money to a program that matches dollars provided by the ...
Local food banks and farmers are speaking out about the impact of recent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) cuts.
The programs provided locally grown food to dozens of schools, day care centers and food banks in Iowa. “For Iowa farmers, the impact is immediate and potentially devastating,” the Iowa ...
Phil Jeneary with the Iowa Food Bank Association said pantries and food banks across the state are setting record attendance numbers. Rep. Shannon Lundgren, a Republican from Peosta, said she ...
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