{"id":2414108,"date":"2025-03-20T17:55:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usda-stops-the-flow-of-millions-of-dollars-to-local-food-banks\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:55:59","slug":"usda-stops-the-flow-of-millions-of-dollars-to-local-food-banks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usda-stops-the-flow-of-millions-of-dollars-to-local-food-banks\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA stops the flow of millions of dollars to local food banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fusda-stops-the-flow-of-millions-of-dollars-to-local-food-banks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414108&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">USDA stops the flow of millions of dollars to local food banks: Report<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2021537\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Several <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">food<\/a> banks have claimed that they are no longer receiving funds from the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-agriculture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Agriculture <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-agriculture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department<\/a> without receiving an explanation.<\/p>\n<p>The USDA allocated $500 million for food banks for the rest of the fiscal year through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. Food bank leaders in six states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/03\/19\/usda-halts-deliveries-food-banks-trump-00239453\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">confirmed<\/a> to <em>Politico<\/em> that many of their previously approved orders have been canceled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3353848\/trump-executive-order-shut-down-education-department-official\/\">Trump&#8217;s pledge to shut down the Education Department becomes official<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3354261\/former-congressional-staffers-social-security-numbers-leaked-jfk-files\/\">Former congressional staffers&#8217; social security numbers leaked in JFK files: &#8216;Sloppy&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3353886\/trump-calls-on-us-bitcoin-superpower-crypto-conference-speech\/\">Trump calls on US to be &#8216;Bitcoin superpower&#8217; in crypto conference speech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Central California Food Bank personnel told the outlet that they have lost 500,000 pounds of expected food deliveries worth $850,000 for April through July. Cathy Kanefsky, president of the Food Bank of Delaware, noted that 20 to 24 full truckloads of food have been canceled through the next four months.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can try to figure out how to make up the gaps, which is a hard lift, or ultimately there&rsquo;s less food on the table,&rdquo; Chad Morrison, the president of West Virginia&rsquo;s Mountaineer Food Bank, told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The money that was allocated, then cut, comes from the Commodity Credit Corporation, which is a New Deal-era fund that provides the USDA flexibility to assist farmers facing natural disasters or poor market conditions.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how much of the $500 million that was allocated to the program has been cut.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3270611\/snap-benefits-farm-bill-future-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOW SNAP BENEFITS AND THE FUTURE OF THE FARM BILL MAY PLAY OUT NEXT YEAR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The move comes after the Trump administration cut two other programs accounting for $1 billion for schools and food banks to buy food from local farms. It also comes as Republican members of Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3270611\/snap-benefits-farm-bill-future-next-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">attempt to shrink <\/a>the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3298734\/food-stamps-agriculture-nominee-cant-commit-opposing-cuts-snap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">aids 40 million low-income<\/a> Americans in purchasing food.<\/p>\n<p>The USDA did not respond to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&rsquo;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2021537\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2021537\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USDA stops the flow of millions of dollars to local food banks: Report Several food banks have claimed that they are no longer receiving funds from the Agriculture Department without receiving an explanation. The USDA allocated $500 million for food banks for the rest of the fiscal year through the Emergency Food Assistance Program. 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