04/23/2025
Tell Rollins to Restore Funding for LFPA! https://secure.everyaction.com/OQip4txA9U-Hc511egG0xw2
The USDA announced the termination of over $1 billion in previously announced 2025 funding for LFPA and LFS, the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program and Local Food for Schools Program.
Your members of Congress have the power to create permanent versions of these programs that farmers and communities can depend on through the farm bill, but we need your help to build broad, bipartisan support!
📢 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀
Did you know that for the last several years, farmers, schools, and food distributors have been working together to serve fresh, local food in schools and food pantries across the nation?
Until a few weeks ago, the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program (LFPA) and Local Food for Schools Program (LFS) at USDA were doing just that. Both programs were working to build stronger local supply chains and promote market access for smaller scale and historically underserved farmers and ranchers at the same time.
Despite the programs’ wide success with farmers and families, on Friday, March 7, the USDA announced the termination of over $1 billion in previously announced 2025 funding for LFPA and LFS. The loss of these investments will have lasting effects on local food networks. Farmers depend on these contracts, as many of them shifted their businesses to accommodate the new demand, and food banks and local schools will lose out on high quality local produce.
Your members of Congress have the power to create permanent versions of these programs that farmers and communities can depend on through the farm bill, but we need your help to build broad, bipartisan support!
Can you take a moment to email your legislators and ask them to support making LFPA and LFSCC funding permanent through the Farm Bill?
🔗 Tell Rollins to Restore Funding for LFPA! Link in bio or go to: https://lnkd.in/eJPGeNAD