Local food funding could return under proposed federal legislation

Officials with the Illinois Stewardship Alliance say efforts are underway to restore federal funding benefiting local food systems. Molly Pickering, the organization’s policy director, says two bills being considered in Congress would resurrect programs like the USDA funded Local Food Purchase Assistance Program. “The Strengthening Local Food Security Act and the Local Farmers Feeding Our […]

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