• Trump administration cuts reduce N/NE food banks’ supplies

    Trump administration cuts reduce N/NE food banks’ supplies

    Controversial Trump administration USDA cutbacks have sent food banks in N/NE Portland reeling. Since the administration ended the USDA’s Local Food Purchase Assistance program and reduced The Emergency Food Assistance Program by $500 million in March, fewer trucks have been delivering food to the Oregon Food Bank, the state’s largest distribution center. Administration officials say the…