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Urban Agriculture Grant Brings Together Diverse Urban Farms in Boston

October 04, 2023 Kathryn Fidler, Public Affairs Specialist, FPAC

Boston’s urban agriculture community is a diverse group of farmers and community advocates, and their needs are as varied as the types of operations they run and the populations they serve. In 2021, the City of Boston’s GrowBoston initiative received a $200,000 Urban Agriculture and Innovative...

Farming

SNAP Emergency Allotments are Ending

February 08, 2023 Cindy Long, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service

Soon, many SNAP households will experience a change to their benefit amounts. That’s because the temporary pandemic-related boost to SNAP benefits, known as emergency allotments (EA), is coming to an end.

Food and Nutrition Equity

USDA’s TEFAP Reach and Resiliency Grant Expands Distribution in Rural Nebraska

February 08, 2023 Emily C. Kelley, Public Affairs Specialist, Food and Nutrition Service with guest author Alynn Sampson, Vice President, Operations & Impact, Food Bank of Lincoln

The Emergency Food Assistance Program, or TEFAP, Reach and Resiliency – Round 1 grants are making an impact in communities across the nation. At the Food Bank of Lincoln, we have been able to leverage Reach and Resiliency sub-grant funding awarded by our Nebraska TEFAP agency to identify underserved...

Equity Food and Nutrition Initiatives Nutrition Security