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#MainePublic | By Nicole Ogrysko Published March 12, 2025
"The U.S. Department of Agriculture is ending two national programs that help food banks and schools in Maine — and around the country — purchase produce from local farmers.
"USDA told Maine officials and partners late last week that it has terminated the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program. It helped #GoodShepherd Food Bank buy produce from about 100 Maine farmers, which is then distributed to local food banks around the state.
"'That program is incredibly important to the state of Maine, both in food today — food that we source and distribute today — and in food tomorrow, which is the economic viability for those 100 #farmers and for our partner agencies to experience fresh, nutritious produce," said Good Shepherd President Heather Paquette.
"At the same time, Paquette said the food bank recently learned that USDA will stop delivering about 1 million pounds of food through the Emergency Food Assistance Program to Maine. Those deliveries are on hold for Good Shepherd — and food banks around the country — through at least June.
"Paquette said the USDA delivery represented about 20% of food that Good Shepherd moves around the state.
"The cuts — both to government food deliveries and to funds that Good Shepherd used to buy local produce — are concerning, Paquette said, because more Mainers are experiencing #FoodInsecurity.
"Our need is up every year," she said. 'This year we distributed 10% more food cases than we distributed the year before that, and that year was 10% over the [prior] year. So we're experiencing double-digit need increase in the state of Maine.'
"A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry said the state received about $1.3 million for the Local Food Purchase Assistance program.
"USDA has also terminated the Local Food for Schools program, which provided more than $720,000 last year to Maine schools. Schools used those funds to buy food directly from local farmers to serve in their cafeterias.
"The program provided a big boost to the state's farmers, because more than 100,000 students eat at Maine schools every day, said Anna Korsen of the food security non-profit Full Plates Full Potential.
"'That has a huge impact on local economies, on #SmallFarms, and it's just better for kids," she said. 'The food's healthier, they're getting fresh, local foods in the school cafeteria.'
"A spokesperson for Maine's Department of Education said the state was expected to receive nearly $2.8 million for the Local #FoodForSchools program over the next three years. The funding was supposed to be disbursed later this spring.
"Maine still has a statewide local food purchasing program for schools. But Korsen said the federal program provided more purchasing power for Maine schools. In 2023 before Maine received federal #LFS funding, schools in the Pine Tree State spent just more than $168,000 on local food, Korsen said.
"These USDA programmatic cuts are separate from those that the department is making at the University of Maine System [which were just reversed]. And unlike those impacting UMaine, the termination of USDA's local purchasing programs affects food banks and schools around the country."
Good Shepherd Food Bank said it also recently learned that USDA will stop delivering about 1 million pounds of food through the Emergency Food Assistance Program to Maine.
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After a majority of the teachers' union delegates voted against further use of its materials, the ADL is appealing to the union's executive committee, writes Marcy Winograd.
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The jobs market is now clearly wilting in the face of lower demand inflicted by the Reserve Bank's bad monetary policy decisions. What chance of an apology from Michele Bullock? The post Australians don’t need any more information about the RBA’s stupidity…
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💥 BREAKING: They found Jeffrey Epstein’s underground secret bank linked to the United States treasury department:
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He says the Treasury Department is holding a file that could unravel Epstein’s entire financial web, potentially the blueprint behind his child trafficking operation.
“You don’t build an empire like that without massive money moving behind the scenes.”
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Weaponized information leads people to adopt erroneous beliefs and flawed understandings. When confronted with conflicting information—such as reality, evidence, or disclosures - individuals face a choice: adjust their beliefs, refine their understandings, or reject the facts before them. In that turmoil, faith erodes, and trust degrades. That is what victory manifests as in a cognitive war. Be aware of the battlespace you are in and learn how to defend yourself.
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"In any event, we are left with the same question. Who wanted to track every visitor to Epstein Island and why? We deserve answers to those questions." andmagazine.substack.com/p/who…
A ceasefire agreement has been reached, with government forces withdrawing from Suwayda after days of violent clashes, indiscriminate killings, and Israeli attacks
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Offenders: Subject to immediate arrest and imprisonment, potentially with hard labor.
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US General Christopher Donahue threatened to annihilate Russia's Kaliningrad region swiftly, citing NATO’s military readiness. Russia responded sharply, calling
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been cancelled and will end in May, with network CBS announcing it will retire the Late Show entirely after a 33-year
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Vice President JD Vance slammed the Wall Street Journal article claiming that President Donald Trump wrote Jeffrey Epstein a "bawdy" letter for his 50th
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In a shocking move, #CBS is ending “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” next year and potentially exiting the late-night television business altogether. #CNN #Newsyoutu.be/qoT3dDivWSE?...
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday hit back at US President Donald Trump’s move to impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports, saying
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