The Food Bank of Iowa and farmers in the Hawkeye state are about to feel the effects of a program being cut to help food ...

The Iowa Food System Coalition says the USDA has cancelled contracts worth more than $11 million. The money was going to be ...

A program that allowed schools and food banks to purchase fresh, local ingredients was slashed by the Trump administration.

The appropriation in the Iowa House legislation would be contingent on the U.S. Department of Agriculture approving a waiver ...

Like many other smaller farms, the Rosmann Family Farm in Harlan was able to use the programs to sell bulk amounts of pork ...

Iowa farmers and institutions lost an estimated $11.3 million in federal funding to support the purchase of locally raised ...

The cancellation of two programs will affect more than $1 billion in expected funding this year. Food advocates worry the ...

A U.S. Department of Agriculture program that the Food Bank of Siouxland used to help buy and distribute locally produced ...

The Iowa Food System Coalition says the USDA has cancelled contracts worth more than $11-million. The money was to help the state’s food banks, schools and child care centers purchase local food from ...

The USDA said it is promoting wiser government spending, but schools say it will make it tougher to serve healthy meals.

Johnson County Food Bank co-founder Becky Hightower remains shocked and saddened over the recent break in of the food bank’s facility but also forgiving toward the burglars. “The way we look at it is ...

The programs provided locally grown food to dozens of schools, day care centers and food banks in Iowa. “For Iowa farmers, the impact is immediate and potentially devastating,” the Iowa ...