Tag: USDA
USDA becomes latest federal agency to suspend financial assistance for Minnesota...
(Just The News) — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Friday that her department is suspending all federal funding for Minnesota over the fraud scandal...
Review finds scant evidence of benefit for medical cannabis
A new review of more than 120 studies concluded that there is little evidence supporting the use of medical cannabis for a variety of...
EXCLUSIVE: Finstad introduces bill to help prevent SNAP fraud in Minnesota
Congressman Brad Finstad, R-Minn., is taking action to bring transparency to Minnesota’s administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Finstad, chairman of the House...
5,000 dead people getting SNAP; 500,000 receiving benefits twice: Rollins
The secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in a recent interview that the department found that 500,000 people are registered twice...
USDA: 45M acres of American land owned by foreign entities
(The Center Square) – Nearly 46 million acres of forest and farmland are held by foreign investors, including by countries hostile to America, according...
EXCLUSIVE: Apple Valley mom wants to know why her kids received...
As she walked down the driveway to her mailbox on a late August afternoon, Jen Miron’s mind was on last-minute back-to-school purchases. Her youngest...
GOP delegation says USDA ‘wholly evasive’ on Feeding Our Future scandal
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been “wholly evasive” and ignored document requests regarding the Feeding Our Future scandal, according to a letter sent...
Biden admin dumps millions into studying ‘equity’ in school lunch programs
(Daily Caller News Foundation) — President Joe Biden’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) will dish out up to $2 million to an academic or research...
EXCLUSIVE: Somali whistleblower speaks out on Feeding Our Future case
In 2020, COVID-19 and the government's response put many people out of work. Abdi Nur, a Somali refugee who lives in the Twin Cities,...
Mystery seeds from China identified
Government agencies have released information on unsolicited seeds people have received in 22 U.S. states, including Minnesota.
Seeds in mislabeled packages appearing to be from...