@ai6yr It's going on in a lot of places. I think I'm going to focus on growing one's own food for this week's #SolarPunkSunday.
CBS News: Major USDA cuts cripple food banks, school food programs in North Carolina
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usda-cuts-cripple-food-banks-school-programs-north-carolina/
"From failing to publicize a major outbreak to scaling back safety alert specialists and rules, the Trump administration’s anti-regulatory and cost-cutting push risks unraveling a critical system that helps ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply, according to consumer advocates, researchers and former employees at the FDA and U.S. Department of Agriculture."
#USDA confirmed 2 more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in Idaho, bringing the state's total to 107.
The cumulative national total is 1072 in 17 states.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock
"Last growing season, Oaks and Sprouts had a contract worth up to $25,000 with the program, a significant amount for the small farm. The produce made its way to food pantries in nearby Springfield and Dayton and, from there, to the Ohioans who rely on them to feed themselves and their families."
https://19thnews.org/2025/05/usda-program-ending-collaboration-small-farms-food-banks/
The giant #Trump banner at the #USDA is another sign the US is sliding into #autocracy
It may be small & petty, but these changes are part of the erosion of democratic norms, softening people up for potentially more #authoritarian behavior.
#AmericanAutocracy #fascism #tyranny
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-usda-portrait-road-from-to-authoritarianism-rcna207709
#USDA confirmed 5 more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in Idaho. Moving fast there. 70 herds have tested positive since late February.
Cumulative national total: 1070 herds in 17 states. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock
US farm agency cancels Food for Progress food aid grants
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-farm-agency-cancels-food-progress-food-aid-grants-2025-05-14/
Why? This comes from Russ Vought at OMB. He sees the USDA as just another federal agency that hates Americans & Trump must control.
The admin doesn't want to provide foreign aid, even if it feeds kids in other countries.
To turn it back on Farmers need to call their Reps but first the grain wholesalers have to cut new "deals" with Trump, with a kick back.
That's how contracts work now.
#USDA #USpol
#USDA reported 2 new #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in Texas today, the first there since last Dec. Anyone know if these are new spillovers? it isn't easy to get that kind of info from USDA anymore.
Cumulative national total: 1065 herds in 17 states.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock
#NorthCarolina #HurricaneHelene #USDA
'The U.S. Department of Agriculture has just one staffer providing guidance for farmers’ disaster loans across 23 North Carolina counties...
USDA’s Farm Service Agency is charged with distributing aid after storms like Hurricane Helene wipe out crops. But Emily Gangi, chief deputy for the governor’s Helene recovery office, said they now had a threadbare presence in the region after the White House made cuts.'
#USDA confirmed 10 more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in Idaho. The state's tally is now 100 herds.
The cumulative national total is 1,063 herds in 17 states. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/hpai-confirmed-cases-livestock
“Fidelity Information Services, or #FIS, which contracts with many states to process electronic benefit transfer transactions for #SNAP programs, signaled to its state partners on Friday it intended to comply with the USDA's request, according to an email reviewed by NPR.”
#ACAB also means corporations that comply with privacy violating requests without a fight. Pigs. 
Do not travel to the USA.
Reason number 26.
Why you should not travel to the USA.
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-rescinds-policies-on-care-of-pregnant-women-infants/
Do not travel to the USA.
Reason number 25.
Why you should not travel to the USA.
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-face-recognition-exit-us-border/
USDA wants states to share sensitive food stamp data
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5389952/usda-snap-doge-data-immigration
In 2024, #SNAP served an average of 42M people each month, acc/to the #USDA, at a cost of $100B. Only some categories of lawfully present noncitizens are eligible to receive SNAP benefits, & those without legal status can never qualify. However, a noncitizen parent without legal status may apply for the assistance on behalf of their #children who are #UScitizens.
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