Apparently, Donald Trump and Unelected President Elon Musk think too few Americans are dying from preventable causes. So, the folks working to make measles, plane crashes and pollution great again are now doing their darnedest to make hunger great again, too.
Politico has the deets:
The Agriculture Department has axed two programs that gave schools and food banks money to buy food from local farms and ranchers, halting more than $1 billion in federal spending.
Roughly $660 million that schools and child care facilities were counting on to purchase food from nearby farms through the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program in 2025 has been canceled, according to the School Nutrition Association.
State officials were notified Friday of USDA’s decision to end the LFS program for this year. More than 40 states had signed agreements to participate in previous years, according to SNA and several state agencies.
