The Food Bank of Iowa is doing its best to meet the demand in the 55 counties it serves. Officials say one in nine Iowans ...

USDA cuts $11.3 million in purchases from Iowa farmers for schools, day care centers, food banks. The impact is 'potentially ...

Trump's USDA is cutting $11 million in support, leaving small farmers supplying local foods facing financial losses and an uncertain future.

Iowa was awarded more than $5.6 million in funds for the program to purchase local food for food banks, nonprofit ...

The Local Food Purchasing Assistance program helped farmer Ryan Marquart put money in his pocket while also providing fresh ...

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 ...

Iowa farmers and schools are looking at losing millions of dollars in funding for fresh, local food.The Iowa Food System ...

An Iowa farmer says he's anticipating "a lot of challenges" now that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided to cut programs that purchase local food to send to schools, food pantries and food ...

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 ...

Local food banks and farmers are speaking out about the impact of recent United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) cuts.

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

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 ...