USDA cuts $1 Billion in funding, SC School meals will be impacted

Schools and local food banks will lose about $1.1 billion from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the purchase of food from local farms, ranchers and producers.

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, the agency has confirmed to Reuters.

The program allowed the North Texas Food Bank to buy produce and meat from local Texas farmers instead of larger companies. Now, that will all come to an end.

The USDA has cut two food programs, one geared towards school meals and the other towards food pantries. Here's how Louisiana could be impacted.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has eliminated two programs, which in return will save them more than a billion dollars in spending. But it comes at a cost. The two programs gave states money that was specifically used to give schools and food banks money to buy from local farmers.

The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers.

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, part of what the agency said was a decision to "return to long-term,

The department announced a billion dollar slash Tuesday. That money, funding programs to help schools and food banks buy food from local farmers and ranchers.