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More and more people are depending on local food pantries. At the same time, there’s been cuts to federal programs that helped pantries provide more food to folks.One of those programs is the USDA Local Food Purchase Assistance Program.The goal of the program was to strengthen local food systems while also getting nutritious food to underserved communities.

Tribal colleges and universities, which ProPublica last year found are perpetually underfunded by Congress, say it’s illegal to withhold financial support from them. Their funding is protected by treaties and other legal obligations on the federal government.

About seven months ago the USDA expanded its Rural Partners Network to Wisconsin.It’s a group of five community networks across the state.Locally it includes Forest County and the Northern Wisconsin community which includes Ashland, Iron, and Price counties.

The Pelican River Forest Project received $11 million dollars from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The funding came from the Forest Legacy Program.

Michigan farmers say the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) new, billion-dollar investment in projects by "climate-smart" farmers, ranchers and forest landowners will make a big difference in the fight to protect the environment.

Some wild white-tailed deer populations in the US have been exposed to COVID-19. The USDA recently released the results of a year-long study.For more than…

Wisconsin is at the center of a lawsuit targeting federal debt relief for farmers of color.The suit was filed this spring by a Wisconsin-based…

The timber industry was having issues before the COVID-19 pandemic.Tariffs from China were putting a strain on the industry.Then the pandemic hit, and…

There are just about no aspects of life that have not been impacted the COVID-19 pandemic.For many farmers it’s meant drops in price for product they sell…