Illinois scrambles to boost locally produced farm products after Trump’s funding freeze

Illinois scrambles to boost locally produced farm products after Trump’s funding freeze

When Illinois named small farmer Nathan Ryder a finalist for a federal $100,000 Local Food Infrastructure Grant, he made big plans for his farm in the southeastern tip of the state. Then the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut his funding.

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Early in the morning last Monday, a group of third graders huddled in the garden of Mendota Elementary School in Madison, Wisconsin. Of the dozen students present, a handful were busy filling up buckets of compost, others were readying soil beds for spring planting, while a number carefully watered freshly planted radishes and peas. The students were all busy with their assorted tasks until a gleeful shout rang across the space. Everything groun…

Illinois scrambles to boost locally produced farm products after Trump’s funding freeze – Capitol News IL

The Good Food Purchasing Law (GFPL), proposed by Rep. Sonya Harper, would reestablish the Good Food Purchasing Policy Task Force with a new mandate to find between one and three Illinois-run institutions (public colleges, for example) that would begin purchasing from small local farmers.

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“Statewide, this will affect a million children,” said Judith Cruz. Before the cuts, 1 in 5 children in Florida were food insecure.

Illinois scrambles to boost locally produced farm products after federal funding freeze – Muddy River News

SPRINGFIELD — When Illinois named small farmer Nathan Ryder a finalist for a federal $100,000 Local Food Infrastructure Grant, he made big plans for his farm in the southeastern tip of the state. Then the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut his funding. The Ryder family farm, a 10-acre operation in Pope County that produces chicken eggs, sheep and some fruits and vegetables, would have used the money to purchase a refrigerated truck.  Ryder said …

In the United States, the Trump administration has cut funding for a local school lunch program. A major blow to Kentucky farmers and schools. Kentucky (United States), report Every morning, Andre and Whitney Faul move the four chicken coops into their rolling fields to provide fresh grass for the flock. Among the cackling hens, more than a third were to be sold to local schools. The dates at the processor (…) Read more Report / Agriculture , Wo…