(CNN) - The U.S. Agriculture Department has cut two programs that provided money for schools and food banks to buy food from local farmers.

In the Ohio Senate, a bipartisan bill to provide universal free meals would cost around $297 million a year, said sponsor ...

An Iowa farmer says he's anticipating "a lot of challenges" now that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided to cut ...

Iowa farmers and institutions lost an estimated $11.3 million in federal funding to support the purchase of locally raised ...