Updated: June 4, 2025 | 4:17 pm
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March 27, 2025 | 4:58 PM
Pennsylvania challenging USDA food assistance contract cancellation
March 10, 2025 | 5:00 AM
Pa. businesses and customers are feeling pressure from rising egg prices
s businesses scramble to keep up with soaring costs, customers are left to decide if they are willing to spend extra for a breakfast staple and ingredient in many favorite recipes.
September 29, 2023 | 2:50 PM
Pa. communities get influx of federal cash to plant trees
The Urban and Community Forest Program aims to plant and maintain trees, combat extreme heat and climate change, and improve access to nature in cities, towns, and suburbs.
April 5, 2023 | 12:48 PM
Proposal would expand free meals for all kids to more schools
September 16, 2022 | 4:26 PM
USDA Food and Nutrition Service adds application requirement for reduced or free school meals
Congress did not extend United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service authority to allow all students to eat school meals free of charge this school year, a choice that will effect around ten million children this school year, according to Forbes.
January 13, 2022 | 5:43 PM
Chesapeake Bay Foundation gets grant to help disadvantaged farmers
The program will allow the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to organize special farm field events that could serve as an opportunity to meet urban farmers in Lancaster, York, and Harrisburg.
August 11, 2021 | 4:04 PM
It’s not ketchup packets falling from the sky, it’s rabies vaccine
The USDA says its goal is to push rabies back east until it’s fully eradicated.
By Sarah Boden/WESA 