USDA’s year-end actions – tighter standards for voluntary “Product of USA” claims, spanning SNAP waiver expansions and a $30M ...

In April 2024, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a new nutrition rule aiming to improve school meals. The rule builds upon the efforts of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA), ...

WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture is establishing three new Nutrition Hubs to bolster food and nutrition security and help lower the incidence of diet-related chronic diseases, ...

The US Department of Agriculture warned Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will not go out on Nov. 1 — disrupting food access nationwide as the government shutdown drags on. The ...

The federal government favors big agriculture over growers in Florida and nationwide when it buys food for nutrition programs ...

The most damaging form of fraud in SNAP is fraud where the low-income recipients are the victims, not the perpetrators,” a ...

USDA is investing $1.7 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funds to buy locally produced food for emergency food assistance and school meals. The money is intended to bolster nutrition assistance ...

(Reuters) -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 ...

Food is prepared for distribution at FeedMore, a USDA partner agency in Richmond, Va., that provides food assistance as part of the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) and The Emergency Food ...

The Nutrition Hub network will enhance USDA’s contributions to education, research and underserved communities by focusing on precision nutrition, the agency shared in a statement last week. According ...

Brashears fills a 333-day vacancy in the nation’s top food safety position that has been open since Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban ...

All good things must come to an end, and you may be wondering: how long do those Christmas dinner leftovers last and stay ...