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Field to Family ‘looking at a different reality’ after USDA funding cuts

Food nonprofit seeking donations, sponsorships to raise funds after loss of funding to LFPA and LFS programs
By: Annie Smith Barkalow|April 9, 2025
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    • A Field to Family volunteer readies a pallet of fresh produce for delivery to local schools in December. The food nonprofit says cuts to the LFS and LFPA programs will hurt its ability to provide access to local food and education for those who need it most.

    A Field to Family volunteer readies a pallet of fresh produce for delivery to local schools in December. The food nonprofit says cuts to the LFS and LFPA programs will hurt its ability to provide access to local food and education for those who need it most. CREDIT FIELD TO FAMILY

    Local food nonprofit Field to Family says the sudden loss of funding from the USDA’s Local Food Purchase Assistance (LFPA) and Local Foods for Schools (LFS) programs has left them scrambling to adjust.

    “We are now looking at a new reality for Field to Family,” said executive director Michelle Kenyon, at the Johnson County Board of Supervisors’ meeting Wednesday morning. “In the past three years, we’ve scaled…

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