The Ioway Regenerative and Climate Smart Agriculture Food Access and Sovereignty Program (RCSA - FASP) (the “program”) serves the purpose to preserve and steward the resiliency of our local food system through the purchase and distribution of locally grown foods to our local community members. Distribution will include community members in our service area which includes Brown County and Doniphan County in Northeast Kansas and Richardson County in Southeast Nebraska.

In addition, the RCSA-FASP program will:

The Pueblo of Zuni is seeking funding through the USDA’s Local Food Promotion Program (LFPA) to launch a project titled "Revitalizing Traditional Food Systems to Promote Food Sovereignty and Health Equity in the Zuni Community". The goal of this project is to promote food sovereignty and increase access to healthy, locally produced foods for the Zuni community, while also building economic opportunities for local farmers and growers. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), Warehouse and Commodity Management Division (WCMD) published the United States Warehouse Act (USWA) Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Report, detailing operations, financial information, efficiencies and cost savings. A copy of the report is available at https://www.ams.usda.gov/reports/united-states-warehouse-act-annual-reports. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to purchase the following commercially available Dairy and Poultry products for distribution to various food nutrition assistance programs. Purchases will be made under the authority of Section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) Charter Act.