Every year in early October, schools across the nation look locally for their foods, and students learn a little bit more ...

October is National Farm to School Month, and this week it's National School Lunch Week. The USDA is encouraging schools to ...

USDA is investing $1.7 billion in Commodity Credit Corporation funds to purchase locally produced foods for emergency food ...

The Precious Moments Childcare Center in Elkview has announced recently its participation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded Child and Adult Care Food Program.

“Lunchables are not a healthy option for kids and shouldn’t be allowed on the menu as part of the National School Lunch Program,” Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at Consumer ...

Most of the meat, poultry, dairy, and eggs sold in American grocery stores and restaurants come from animals raised under intensive conditions on “factory farms.” Animals on these operations suffer ...

USDA revised its forecast for food prices in 2024, expecting a smaller increase than previously predicted. All food costs this year are now projected to rise 2.2%, up from 2.3% in August ...

The US food system should be providing healthy, sustainably produced food for all. Instead, it’s damaging our health, our land and water, our communities, and farmers and food workers themselves. We ...

USDA will provide $1.2bn to support local food purchases with schools, child care facilities, food banks, and other institutions. The further $500m will be used to purchase domestic commodities for ...

This latest round of funding, in addition to the nearly $2 billion allocated in 2022 and 2023, will enable states to order American-grown commodities from the USDA for emergency food providers.

Clean Juice went above and beyond when they became the first USDA-certified organic juice brand. But to its founder, it was the right way to stand out in a newly crowded market. We'll be in your ...

USDA's previous rule allowed the label of “Product of USA” on food products made from animals born, raised and slaughtered in foreign countries if these products were processed in the US.