The purpose of our project is to create a successful collaboration of distinct but critical parts of the local food system to increase supply, distribution, and demand of specialty crops grown by all farmers throughout Alabama.

• QAD 623 – Contractor Checkloading Surveillance Program (pdf)
• QAD 623A – Contractor Checkloading Surveillance Registration (pdf)
• QAD 623B – Contractor Checkloading Checklist (pdf)

The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) in collaboration with Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (LSU AgCenter) proposes to develop and implement the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS) to offer school food authorities the resources to procure locally grown foods from local producers, small businesses, and socially disadvantaged farmers/producers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced plans to purchase commercially available Mixed Vegetable-Can sizes 12/29 oz and 12/15 oz, Low Sodium Collard Greens-Can 12/14 oz and Green Bean-Can 12/14.5 oz 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.