Farmers markets are in full swing this summer, bringing fresh food to communities. These markets, along with food hubs and other local food businesses, play an important role in rural economies.

Kitchen staff at the Clear Lake Middle School in northern Iowa slice local apples as one of the fruit options for lunch. The school district received federal funds through the USDA's Local Food for ...

Since 2013, the Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program has awarded $100 million for a total of 1,275 projects. The USDA will award up to $18 million through a program that connects schools with ...

Haughton and others relied on the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, which was rolled back under President Trump. In March, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) made a ...

Louisiana lawmakers are asking Congress to bring back a $1 billion federal program that allows schools, child care programs, and food banks to purchase locally grown produce and protein. The Local ...

The Heartland Regional Food Business Center aimed to help small and midsized farms with market access, growing and ...

The program known as Spearfish Local has tapped into a growing national "grow local, eat local" and "farm to table" vibe to create a symbiotic system that was recently awarded a $100,000 grant from ...

» Increased support for farmers and ranchers developing new products to sell locally. Between 2009 and 2014, the number of Value Added Producer Grants awarded to local food projects jumped by more ...

Pennsylvania officials filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over the termination of the federal Local Food Purchasing Assistance program, which would have provided $13 million ...

The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona was awarded a $100,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Local Food Promotion Program. “Much of the grant is about increasing the ...