Millions In Funds For Pennsylvania Farms And Food Banks, Including Philabundance, In Jeopardy As USDA Ends Program

CBS Philadelphia

March 27, 2025

Philabundance, the largest food bank in the Philadelphia region, will now have to look at how to fill a million-dollar hole. This comes after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced earlier this month it is terminating the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program.

"We're going to be losing about $1.5 million, about 18% of our food-sourcing budget," said Dorothy Wong with Philabundance. "This is probably one of the most significant reductions we've seen in a really long time."

The program provides funding for food banks to buy produce, dairy and meats from local vendors, and state leaders say the cuts will have impacts across Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, the head of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank said the organization stands to lose nearly $2 million in funding and that around 500,000 fewer meals a month would go out.

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