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News Articles: USDA

"All food prices are now predicted to increase between 4.5 and 5.5%," the USDA's Economic Research Service explained in the March report.

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  • Your Money

Food prices are going up — and at levels Americans haven't seen in decades

The USDA's latest report found that nearly all major food groups are going up in price.

April 01, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
Inspections on avocados from Mexico's Michoacán state were paused for almost a week after an agricultural inspector received a verbal threat. But on Friday, the U.S. Embassy said inspections would continue, allowing avocado shipments to resume.

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  • Food

Avocado shipments from Mexico are resuming after the U.S. lifts its ban

The U.S. had halted inspections of avocados from Mexico on Saturday, after a USDA inspector received a verbal threat.

February 18, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Morning Edition host Leah Fleming poses with Kendall Johnson, the youngest USDA certified farmer in Georgia.

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Atlanta girl is youngest USDA-certified farmer in Georgia. She's 6 — and her farm's growing with her

Kendall Johnson has made history as the youngest USDA-certified farmer in Georgia, and she's also founded an organization called aGROWKulture.

November 11, 2021
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  • Leah Fleming
A sign alerts customers about SNAP food stamp benefits at a grocery store in New York City in December 2019. Benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are getting a historic boost nearly two years later under the Biden administration.

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  • National

Here's What The Historic Increase In Food Stamp Benefits Could Mean For You

The average SNAP benefit will increase by $36.24 per person, per month, starting in October.

August 17, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Rep. David Scott

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  • Politics

Relief Payments To Black Farmers Stalled By Conservative Group Lawsuits

Former Trump administration officials and conservative and libertarian nonprofits have launched lawsuits to block federal relief funds aimed at Black and minority farmers.

June 28, 2021
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  • Ariana Figueroa
Handy Kennedy, founder of AgriUnity cooperative, feeds his cows on HK Farms earlier this year in Cobbtown, Ga. The AgriUnity cooperative is a group of Black farmers formed to better their chances of economic success.

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  • Race

U.S. Farmers Of Color Were About To Get Loan Forgiveness. Now The Program Is On Hold

A new federal program created by the Biden administration to reverse years of economic discrimination against U.S. farmers of color has ground to a halt.

June 11, 2021
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  • Joe Hernandez
President of the National Black Farmer's Association John Boyd stands in his fields in Baskerville, Va. He says the USDA's relief program is "like the fox watching the hen house."

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  • Race

The USDA Is Set To Give Black Farmers Debt Relief. They've Heard That One Before

The U.S. Agriculture Department is sending aid for debt relief to struggling farmers of color beginning this month. But many Black farmers distrust the department after decades of failed promises.

June 05, 2021
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  • Emma Hurt
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  • Economy

USDA Debt Aid For Some Black Farmers Leaves Others Waiting

Next month, some Black farmers will be able to access part of $4 billion set aside for debt cancellation. It’s a historic amount of money, courtesy of the American Rescue Plan, aimed at redressing generations of inequity in farm lending by the federal government. But for some, this aid does not go far enough. 

May 24, 2021
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  • Grant Blankenship
a gopher tortoise

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  • Environment

Georgia Conservation Efforts Get More Than $11M In New Federal Funding

The USDA is providing millions in funding to two Georgia conservation projects through its Regional Conservation Partnership Program.

May 05, 2021
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  • Emily Jones
Food distribution in Troup County

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  • Politics

Vilsack Keys In On Food Insecurity And Nutrition In USDA Budget Request

Rep. Sanford Bishop, an Albany Democrat and chair of the Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA Subcommittee, raised concerns about food insecurity, which has been exacerbated due to the pandemic.

April 15, 2021
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  • Ariana Figueroa
Rep. David Scott

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  • Politics

Scott's House Ag Panel Probes USDA Discrimination Against Black Farmers

The House Agriculture Committee on Thursday heard about how Black farmers have faced decades of racial discrimination in their dealings with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

March 26, 2021
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  • Ariana Figueroa
Rod Bradshaw, pictured in January 2021, says he's the last Black farmer in Hodgeman County, Kan. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talked with NPR about debt relief coming for Black farmers.

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  • National

Black Farmers Have Long Faced Discrimination. New Aid Aims To Right Past Wrongs

Generations of systemic discrimination have decimated the number of Black farmers in the U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack talked with NPR about new funding for debt relief.

March 13, 2021
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  • Michel Martin and
  • James Doubek
Union Station and the Kansas City skyline are lit on Feb. 01, 2021 in Kansas City, Mo. In June 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced its plan to move two of its research agencies out of Washington, D.C., to the Kansas City area. Rather than move, most of the people working at the agencies quit, leaving gaping holes in critical divisions.

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  • National

USDA Research Agencies 'Decimated' By Forced Move. Undoing The Damage Won't Be Easy

When the Trump administration moved two of the Agriculture Department's research agencies to Kansas City, many of the experienced employees left. Fixing this will be tricky for President Biden.

February 02, 2021
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  • Frank Morris
President Trump delivers remarks last week on the Farmers to Families Food Box program at Flavor 1st Growers and Packers in Mills River, N.C.

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  • Health

How Trump's Food Box Initiative Overpaid And Underdelivered

The Trump administration has been buying food from farmers and getting it to food banks. Food banks, however, say the program was not set up to deliver food efficiently.

September 04, 2020
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  • Dan Charles
After Gov. Brian Kemp advised schools around the state to close for weeks due to COVID-19 concerns, nonprofits and Atlanta Public Schools collaborate to feed schoolchildren.

Atlanta Public Schools, Local Nonprofits Providing Meals to Schoolchildren

After Gov. Brian Kemp advised schools around the state to close for weeks due to COVID-19 concerns, nonprofits and Atlanta Public Schools collaborate to...

March 14, 2020
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By:
  • Jade Abdul-Malik
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