USDA cut funding for two programs—Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement (LFPA) and Local Food for Schools (LFS)—that helped schools, food banks, and child care centers buy locally grown food and support local producers.
Jessica Cantin, CEO of Food For Free, says not having healthy food “changes the biology in the whole body. From a community health standpoint, people want more fresh produce; they want healthy food.”
Learn more about the federal funding cuts in Edible Boston.
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