USDA Cancels $1 Billion in Funding That Lets Schools, Food Banks Buy Local Food
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Farmers are speaking out after the USDA's decision to terminate programs that helped schools, food banks and tribes buy fresh food.

Canceled contracts leave a gaping hole in local food systems

  • Notserious@lemmy.caEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Going right for the weakest first. Meals on wheels too. These are people with no fallback. You bring them their days food. They are elderly and you are the only person they will see that day and the next.

    Fing evil

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Lot of rural Trump voters who are farmers as well. The only people really losing here are the lower classes: farmers, people working these programs, children, and the people who rely on these programs.

    What kind of fucking psycho wants this Soviet-esque bullshit when the money and food are already right there and available?