Clash continues around federal ag funding impacts in Illinois

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently slashed over $1 billion in federal funding for schools and food banks. Pritzker addressed concerns Wednesday about how Illinois will handle food insecurity in light of these cuts.

“We don’t have what right now looks like about $11 billion that we will lose to the state of Illinois. We don’t have $11 billion to fill in the gaps on education, health care,” said Pritzker. “Again, I want to remind everybody what the purpose of all of that is, of taking all that away is, it’s to give big tax cuts to people who don’t need them.”

The USDA recently cut funding for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program. Traci Barkley, Sola Gratia Farm director,

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