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Gov. Josh Shapiro has sued USDA over canceled $13M program aiding PA farms and food banks, calling the termination a broken promise to families in need.

Farmers and food banks brace for the end of a key USDA program that linked local agriculture with hunger relief across the country.

Military Community Support Project, a Pittsburgh-based nonprofit, the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank and the PA Veteran Farming Network are collaborating on a venture to provide meat purchased from veteran farmers at multiple mobile food bank distribution sites.

The state committed $15 million from Ohio’s American Rescue Plan Act funds to procure meat, dairy and eggs from Ohio farmers.

Russia’s attack on Ukraine has affected global food prices. But even before it began, the U.S. food system was dealing with increased costs and supply chain challenges from the pandemic and other factors. All of those factors are driving up food prices, and leading to challenges with the food supply in some cases.

The Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program is pumping $400 million to the states to use to buy food from local farmers and producers for emergency food assistance programs. 

Follow the recommended guidelines for produce donation and learn how to find a pantry near you that accepts fresh fruits and vegetables.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box program launched last spring at the height of the pandemic with the best of intentions, but things went awry almost as soon as the program began. The program will end in May, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced last week.

The Farmers to Families Food Box program was supposed to fill gaps in the food supply chain. Instead, in some areas, it's created more headaches.

USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue visited western Pennsylvania to lend a hand with the Farmers to Families Food Box distribution.