17 May 2026 7:26 pm
-----------------------------------------MR-7 » 17 May 2026, 5:58 pm » wrote: ↑ Can you post a source for the $500M TEFAP cut? I checked USDA releases, the Federal Register, and the 2025 budget documents and there’s no record of a $500M reduction, no March 2025 announcement, and no AP/Reuters reporting on it.If you’ve got an official USDA link or a CBO/CRS report showing those numbers, drop it. Or stop posting FAKE *** ****.mg:
Key USDA food cuts for 2025 include:
- Local Food Programs: The USDA terminated the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program and the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, eliminating roughly $1 billion in funding. [1, 2]
- School Food Purchasing: Roughly $660 million was cut from programs allowing schools and child care facilities to buy food from local farms, according to the School Nutrition Association. [1, 2]
- Food Bank Funding: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) was cut by $500 million, severely impacting food banks' ability to stock items. [1]