U.S. Department of Agriculture /tags/u-s-department-of-agriculture U.S. Department of Agriculture en-US Copyright Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:15:40 GMT Trump Administration cancels funds for Ohio community gardens and farmers as hunger grows /politics-government/2025-03-18/trump-administration-cancels-funds-for-ohio-community-gardens-and-farmers-as-hunger-grows The U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled $420 million for a program called the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement, which helps food banks and other local groups provide food to their communities. Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:15:40 GMT /politics-government/2025-03-18/trump-administration-cancels-funds-for-ohio-community-gardens-and-farmers-as-hunger-grows George Shillcock Federal agents search Cleveland-area home of prominent affordable housing developer /news/2024-10-24/federal-agents-search-cleveland-area-home-of-prominent-affordable-housing-developer Agents with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture descended Wednesday on the Cleveland-area home of Millennia Companies owner Frank Sinito. Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:14:04 GMT /news/2024-10-24/federal-agents-search-cleveland-area-home-of-prominent-affordable-housing-developer The Associated Press U.S. senators call to modernize the farmland ownership reporting system /2024-09-26/u-s-senators-call-to-modernize-the-farmland-ownership-reporting-system Senator Sherrod Brown and other lawmakers are looking to update the system to allow for more accurate reports. Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:51:45 GMT /2024-09-26/u-s-senators-call-to-modernize-the-farmland-ownership-reporting-system Shay Frank Schools in Ohio could soon lose pandemic relief waivers /news/2022-04-15/schools-in-ohio-could-soon-lose-pandemic-relief-waivers The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a survey this month that showed over 90% of midwest schools used waivers to serve free meals to students throughout the pandemic. But those waivers are set to expire this summer. Fri, 15 Apr 2022 20:15:19 GMT /news/2022-04-15/schools-in-ohio-could-soon-lose-pandemic-relief-waivers Alejandro Figueroa Ohio Wants To Tap Into Highways To Expand High-Speed Rural Internet Access /news/2019-12-20/ohio-wants-to-tap-into-highways-to-expand-high-speed-rural-internet-access A strategic plan would extend high-speed internet to about 1 million unserved or underserved Ohioans by using rural routes and highways previously… Fri, 20 Dec 2019 13:21:28 GMT /news/2019-12-20/ohio-wants-to-tap-into-highways-to-expand-high-speed-rural-internet-access Associated Press