Earlier this month, USDA nixed two pandemic-era programs — Local ... of total food and funding for the next fiscal year,” said Executive Director George Matysik. “That could mean up to ...

EAST GREENWICH – Pat McNiff, operator of Pat's Pastured farm, worries that a proposed change in the way the USDA assesses ...

“We also do some aggregation of food, meaning that we distribute some ... Among all the reasons given to source locally when it comes to produce, Hartman is dedicated to working with the ...

(WTOP/Luke Lukert) The Maryland Department of Agriculture is teaming up with the Maryland Food Bank and Capital Area Food Bank to get locally sourced food ... one behind, we mean exactly that.” ...

Sheri Howard of Pulaski is on a mission to change the way people think about local food systems. As co-owner of Seasonal Harvest, her goal is to increase access to locally sourced food. The ...

Kelso School District will use smaller quantities of local ingredients in its school lunches after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this month that it is ending its Local Food for ...

As a kid, my parents always grew their own food. We had a huge garden and always sourced everything locally ... selling something that I believe in. I mean, where else do you get to sit and ...

Data on certain food products (such as milk) were also unavailable to researchers. In combination with the low survey response rate, these factors mean that the local food expenditure figures were ...

It would likely mean less locally sourced food and higher prices, McNiff said. "FSIS is considering declaring certain levels or types of Salmonella in raw poultry as 'adulterants,' " McNiff said ...