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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.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania

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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.

By Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania


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.

By Aniya Faulcon

Not all Pa. children will get free school meals this fall

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is eliminating universal free meals for kids, a program that was put in place early in the pandemic.

By Jeremy Long/WITF

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. 

By Gabriela Martínez/WITF

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

USDA moves to feed millions of children over the summer

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it’s expanding a pandemic program into the summer to help families pay for meals their children won’t get in school.

By NPR
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