The health secretary announced the change to the SNAP food program in an appearance in West Virginia, which is also the first state to ban most artificial dyes in food.
That’s nearly 40% of the $294.4 million in active and anticipated grants city officials were previously counting on.
More than $1 billion in assistance that usually flows into the U.S. Department of Agriculture for two programs that help local farmers, schools and food banks has already vanished.
By WisPolitics.com Wisconsin ag groups say they’re looking for alternative funding options after the Trump administration cut more than $1 billion for
The phone rang over the whine of Trey Yates' butter churn. The person calling was polite, but the message was devastating: Mountaineer Food Bank was ending Yates' butter contract, due to the federal government's funding cuts.
Small farmers describe "state of shock" after federal government pulls out of promised grants meant to make farms, forests and ranches more climate resilient.
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