In the first seven months of President Donald Trump’s second administration, the federal funding landscape has been radically changed — especially for the people who grow, harvest, and distribute food ...
Farmers who were left in limbo after the U.S. Department of Agriculture froze renewable energy grants are finally starting to get paid. At the same time, however, farmers have been hit with the ...
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA (WJHL) — Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Block Grant Program will help farms and forests impacted by ...
The USDA 1890 National Scholars Program, which provides scholarships to students attending HBCUs for agriculture-related studies, has reopened its application process. The program, suspended in ...
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service announced last week that it will cut the Regional Food Business Center (RFBC) program, which provides grants to small and medium-sized local farm and food ...
FoodChain, a nonprofit in Lexington, Ky, provides meal boxes to needy residents. Using a federal USDA grant, it was able to buy local products grown in Kentucky to put in those boxes. That funding ...
On a sunny December morning, Western Lombard points to a black walnut tree. It’s one of many native crops that grow on his farm in Millfield, which Lombard believes produce some underrated fruits: ...