Worcester Public Schools opened a new in-school food pantry on Wednesday to help students battling food insecurity.

A nonprofit dedicated toward ending student hunger opened a new food pantry at Worcester's Doherty Memorial High School ...

The Doherty pantry contains nonperishable food items with a special focus on items for children. They include juice boxes, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting two federal programs that provided about $1 billion in funding to schools and food banks to buy food directly from local farms, ranchers and producers ...

Schools and community food banks have purchased locally grown produce as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's efforts to promote nutrition and support independent farmers. But the USDA has ...

MECCA — Kevin O’Connell, now the superintendent for McDonald schools, has been selected to lead the Maplewood schools as their new superintendent. The Maplewood Board of Education on Wednesday ...

“The pantries that we served ... has moved to cut the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program, and the Local Food for Schools and Child Care Cooperative Agreement Program ...

The Trump administration has cut over $1 billion in food programs that funded schools and food banks, impacting millions of children and local farmers. The move, part of broader federal spending ...

North Carolina has participated in the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS) since October 2022. The state was set to receive $18,975,621 for the 2025-2026 fiscal year from ...

School district staff have been working to close a $4M budget gap for the 2025-26 FY — despite a 6% increase in state aid over last year’s allocation. Try a subscription today, and you’ll get full ...

I’M QUANECIA FRASER. I’M BILL SHERMAN. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS ENDING A PROGRAM THAT CONNECTED FOOD BANKS AND SCHOOLS WITH LOCAL FARMERS. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S AARON HEGARTY JOINS US ...

The programs had funded schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and other nearby sources. The USDA was set to give $660 million to schools and $500 million to food banks ...