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USDA Is Letting Grantees Nix DEI and Climate Language From Clean Energy Projects
On March 25, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it will release grant money through REAP and two other clean energy programs partly supported by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. But there ...
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USDA axes study into safer menstruation products, citing single reference to trans men
On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollin s bragged on social media platform X about the cancellation of a $600,000 grant for Southern University in Louisiana, touting that her department had ...
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USDA freezes Maine funding over Title IX dispute
The U.S. Department of Agriculture paused funding for certain Maine educational programs on Wednesday, citing the state’s noncompliance with Title IX over its student sports participation rules.
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USDA cuts funding that paid for fresh, local food for schools and food banks
But that’s about to end. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it’s canceling the two Biden-era programs that paid for all that fresh, local food because it says they “no longer ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Welch calls on USDA to honor its contracts with farmers and stop withholding reimbursements
Senators Welch and Booker introduced the Honor Farmer Contracts Act to require the USDA to fulfill financial obligations to farmers and related organizations. The USDA is withholding ...
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USDA cancels $1 billion in funding for schools and food banks to buy food from local suppliers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting two federal programs that provided about $1 billion in funding to schools and food banks to buy food directly from local farms, ranchers and producers ...
USA Today28d
USDA plans big cuts to food bank, school food programs: What to know
The Department of Agriculture has cut over $1 billion in funding aimed at helping schools and food banks purchase from local farmers, according to a news report and a school nutrition nonprofit.
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Leaked Memo Reveals Insane Ban on Words Agriculture Department Can Say
A leaked memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Research Service division revealed Sunday that the agency has banned ...
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Fired USDA employees reinstated by judge's order, but their future is uncertain
In March 2025, social media users claimed (archived) that the U.S. Department of Agriculture had rehired 6,000 employees after they were fired in February as part of the Trump administration's ...