1.0Daily Hampshire Gazettehttps://gazettenet.comScott Merzbachhttps://gazettenet.com/author/scott-merzbach/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="qEsGugGQq4"><a href="https://gazettenet.com/2025/03/28/federal-assistance-for-massachusetts-food-banks-and-farm-to-school-programs-eliminated-60305206/">USDA yanks $3.4M in aid to state food banks</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gazettenet.com/2025/03/28/federal-assistance-for-massachusetts-food-banks-and-farm-to-school-programs-eliminated-60305206/embed/#?secret=qEsGugGQq4" width="600" height="338" title="“USDA yanks $3.4M in aid to state food banks” — Daily Hampshire Gazette" data-secret="qEsGugGQq4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://i0.wp.com/gazettenet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/49434674.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1300300NORTHAMPTON — A decision by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to terminate a $3.4 million allocation to Massachusetts for purchase of 121,830 cases of food items, including eggs, chicken, milk, fruit, pasta, beans and salmon for food banks across the state is being criticized by representatives of food security organizations and the Healey-Driscoll administration.