Food Nutrition

Participating in SNAP, or ordering SNAP foods on-line isn’t new, it’s a service that’s been available for a while.  Deputy Under Secretary for Food Nutrition and Consumer Services Stacy Dean said the USDA program has grown very rapidly.   “In March of 2020 ...

The USDA said it will increase funding to help schools continue to serve healthy meals this coming school year and provided financial relief for schools and childcare providers.   The reimbursement schools will get for each meal served will increase by 68 cents per free or reduced-price lunch and 32 cents per free or reduced-price breakfast.   The in...

On Monday, the Department of Agriculture announced the establishment of the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program. The program will award up to $400 million for emergency food assistance purchases of domestic local foods ...

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack recently presented four major food nutrition and security goals of the Biden Administration as well as the USDA for the next four years. "I think first and foremost we obviously have to modernize our nutrition security and food security system, and our assistance program ...

With a variety of schools closed nationwide because of the coronavirus pandemic, the USDA continues to work with a variety of groups, businesses and people trying to determine innovative ways to feed children in need. "We announced an expanded partnership with the Baylor University Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty; McClain Global and PepsiCo ...