17 May 2026 7:47 pm
https://foodbanksj.org/today-usda4925/The USDA cut $500 million in funding to food banks. Here’s how they’re coping April 9, 2025, 11:38 AM EDTMR-7 » Today, 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:
By Rachel Askinasi As President Donald Trump’s administration attempts to lower inflation by reducing government spending, Americans are finding out the very programs putting healthy, affordable foods on their plates are on the chopping block.A pair of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs — one that funds the purchase of local farm-fresh foods for school cafeterias and another that funds much of the product available in food banks — were cut for 2025, amounting to more than $1 billion in purchasing.In addition to the $660 million slashed from school food programs, the USDA cut $500 million specifically intended to help food banks and domestic agriculture. The latter came from the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) branch of the USDA’s Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP).Food banks around the country had been counting on that $500 million to feed millions of families and individuals experiencing hunger this year. They use these funds to make purchases within the domestic food supply chain, and many months’ worth of orders already placed by food banks have now been canceled.TODAY.com spoke with nine regional food banks, as well as a representative from Feeding America, to understand how these changes are affecting those relying on this food across the country.