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Senator Cutter warns USDA cuts to local-food programs will hurt Colorado food banks and schools
Summary
In a personal-privilege statement, Senator Cutter said the USDA has cut funding for two local-food programs, removing roughly $13 million in Colorado-directed funds and larger national allocations, and warned the move will harm school meals and farmers.
Senator Cutter used a moment of personal privilege on April 9, 2025, to criticize the U.S. Department of Agriculture for ending two programs that aided food banks and school meal programs in purchasing local foods.
Cutter said the USDA "nixed more than $1,000,000,000 from two programs" nationally — naming the Local Food Purchase Assistance program and the…
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