States were notified that the USDA had cut funding to the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program, the School Nutrition Association says.

The $660 million Local Food For Schools program, which was started under President Joe Biden, was canceled for 2025.

The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers. About $660 million of that went to schools and childcare centers to buy food for meals through the Local Foods for Schools program.

The USDA has cut two food programs, one geared towards school meals and the other towards food pantries. Here's how Louisiana could be impacted.

As a result, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture will lose $9.9 million in funding for local food assistance and $16.2 million for school food programs in fiscal year 2025, Gov. Phil Murphy’s office said in a statement.

Local Food for Schools grants let Mass. schools buy food from local farms. With that money cut - $12 million - there is no state plan to replace it.

Governor Maura Healey decried the federal government for cutting funding to a program which is used to provide healthy, locally sourced foods to Massachusetts schools. "Just another example of bad actions by Elon Musk and Donald Trump that are going to hurt people here in the state,