Federal funding cuts will cost Second Harvest Food bank millions of dollars in losses

Federal funding slashes cost Central Texas Food Bank $5.5M in aid

It lost out on millions of dollars due to federal funding cuts.

Federal funding cuts will cost Second Harvest Food bank millions of dollars in losses

Second Harvest Food Bank says nearly one million meals will be off the table for families in Central Florida because of federal funding cuts.

East Tennessee food banks, pantries seek community support after federal funding cuts

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — 21 truckloads of USDA food expected to go to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee were cancelled due to federal funding cuts, and now the organization says they will need to reduce the amount of food they supply to their programs across the region.   Second Harvest told 6 News they are receiving 43% less food than before, with the USDA going back to pre-pandemic levels.  Knox County Schools to vote on price i…

Ryan escalates food fight with US Agriculture Secretary over food bank cuts

KNGSTON, N.Y.  –  U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan said Thursday that he has invited a top Trump administration official to visit an Orange County food distribution center after the official called “fake news” on the congressman’s warning that federal cuts in food transportation will result in food bank cuts. Ryan, D-Gardiner, who represents the 18th Congressional District, said he has invited U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to the Hud…

Food Demand Soars as Federal Cuts Threaten Supply

New data calculated this week by NeighborImpact reveals a record-breaking rise in demand for food across Central Oregon. In the most recent quarter, the organization’s Food Bank and its partners served an average of 83,000 individuals per month—the highest in its history. This equates to a 13.7 percent increase over the previous quarter’s 73,000 individuals served. This surge in need comes as the food bank grapples with a 17 percent drop in fede…

A community center in the heart of ethnic Aurora tries to hold on amid funding cuts

The line stretches from the top of the church steps, down the sidewalk and to the end of the block, dozens of people with empty backpacks, grocery bags and even a tarnished red wagon.  Inside the Village Exchange Center, they will fill the empty bags and wagon with gallons of milk, sacks of lettuce and corn, loaves of bread and bags of pasta.  The Wednesday food pantry has been a reliable mainstay at the church that became a community center eig…