Local Grape Farmer Sells Vineyard Acreage After Refresco Contracts Canceled | News
After a challenging year for grape growers across the Lake Erie region, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is…
USDA Announces Presidential Appointee to Serve Rural Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. — U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Deputy Under Secretary Joe Gilson has announced that Chris…
USDA announces $2.2 million investment for community projects in Schuylkill and Northampton counties | Lehigh Valley Regional News
Federal officials announced an investment of over $2.2 million for community projects in Schuylkill and Northampton counties. In…
Federal leaders meet with Lehigh Valley farmers, announce new support measures | Northern Lehigh County
N. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. – The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Transportation made a stop together…
‘Ongoing surge’ of avian flu threatens Pennsylvania’s $7.1 billion poultry industry
GOOD MORNING. IT IS 656. TIME FOR WGAL NEWS EIGHT TO GO. THE NEWS EIGHT STORM TEAM IS…
SNAP to be 50% funded as Philly, state leaders take action to aid food banks
By Jack Tomczuk President Donald Trump’s administration intends to partially fund SNAP benefits for November, in response to…
SNAP benefits are due to lapse Nov. 1. What Pennsylvania leaders are doing about it.
Some Pennsylvania leaders are hustling to avert a lapse in November nutrition assistance benefits that help prevent nearly…
Local nonprofits brace for SNAP benefits lapse during government shutdown
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is calling it an “inflection point” in the government shutdown. SNAP benefits, also…
SNAP payments halted in Pennsylvania due to federal shutdown
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services (DHS) says it can no longer issue SNAP benefits due to the…
‘First line of defense’: Local food bank braces for increased demand amid potential SNAP cuts | Allentown Area
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – People in Pennsylvania could lose their SNAP benefits come November. If the federal government doesn’t…
SNAP benefits for 2 million recipients in Pa. on hold during government shutdown | Politics
Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will not receive their November payments…