During the 2024-25 deer hunting season, the program provided 24,278 pounds of venison to 54 local food pantries.

As confusion swirls about funding for a USDA grant, DeKalb nonprofit Rooted for Good stops providing produce to local food ...

SPRINGFIELD -- The Trump administration has stopped reimbursing Illinois for a program designed to help farmers and supply fresh food to Illinois food banks. The Illinois Department of Agriculture ...

Illinois will also cease to operate its Resilient ... schoolchildren and people who depend on food banks to feed their families. The latest casualty: Two crucial programs that gave schools and ...

Ben Szalinski, Statehouse reporter at Capitol News Illinois, joins Dane Neal filling in for Jon Hansen on Let’s Get Legal to discuss the end of reimbursements for Illinois food programs.

President Donald Trump is cutting funding for a program that farmers and food pantries say is vital to combating hunger in Illinois. Canada Breaks Free from the Trump Show For retirees ...

SPRINGFIELD — The Trump administration has stopped reimbursing Illinois for a program designed to help farmers and supply fresh food to Illinois food banks. The Illinois Department of Agriculture ...

Some of the students who come to the school food pantry at Lemon Crest Elementary in Lakeside are shy. Others speak limited English. But already, there’s a second-grader who hugs Kelcy Sutton ...

Illinois food banks and farmers are the latest to feel ... the owner of Sunny Oaks Farm in Sycamore, said. “You can’t cut across the board. As a farmer we’re already very struggled, we ...

Sycamore, which has traditionally specialized in retail and consumer investments, will acquire Walgreens for $11.45 per share in cash, a premium of 29% to the company's closing share price of $8. ...