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Regional food hub warns USDA cancellation will force rapid shift in operations
Summary
Field to Family told the Johnson County Board of Supervisors that cancellation of a second round of U.S. Department of Agriculture local-food grants will create an immediate funding gap after the nonprofit scaled up to serve schools and food-access agencies.
Field to Family executive director Michelle Pena told the Johnson County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday that the nonprofit will face a “much different reality” after the U.S. Department of Agriculture canceled a planned second round of Local Food for Schools (LFS) and Local Food Purchasing Agreement (LFPA) funding.
Pena said Field to Family scaled up operations after the USDA programs launched in 2022 and that the organization moved more than $1 million in local food over two years. ‘‘In March … we received notification from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship that the second round of LFS and LFPA have been canceled,’’ Pena said.…
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