Local officials to announce effects of Trump administration cuts to food programs

File Vegetables at a farmers realm in San Diego County Courtesy San Diego County Water Authority Farmers food campaign providers and labor leaders will meet with elected functionaries and others to discuss the importance of United States Department of Agriculture food assistance programs The importance will be highlighted in an press conference at Feeding San Diego The USDA under theTrump administration revealed it would end funding for the Local Food Purchase Assistance and Local Food for Schools programs which under former U S President Joe Biden provided millions for local food supply chains across the country The LFPA undertaking supported the local food system by providing funds to food banks to purchase local produce from small to mid-sized farms commented Feeding San Diego which noted it now expects its funding to run out by the end of in a declaration Hunger relief organizations are bracing for the foreseen of intense cuts to SNAP and Medicaid that would create immense hardship in communities nationwide including right here in San Diego County the announcement added The Trump administration canceled around million in funding for the programs that was to be paid out over the next limited years The cuts in the Trump budget also include major slashes to other food assistance programs and more Additionally last week the Department of Agriculture demanded that states hand over sensitive information about food assistance recipients such as addresses Social Protection numbers and possibly citizenship status The agency alleges without proof that it has terminated more than billion in what it calls unnecessary and wasteful spending since Jan The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Plan or SNAP served an average of million people each month in at the cost of around billion less than of the federal budget City News Facility contributed to this analysis