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On Columbus’ far South Side, voting groups are using a drive-through food pantry to encourage voter registration. At Hosack Baptist Church, volunteers are…

The Trump administration has been buying food from farmers and getting it to food banks. Food banks, however, say the program was not set up to deliver food efficiently.

The USDA has extended the summer food service program to allow schools that have been providing meals to low-income kids through the summer to continue...

The United States Department of Agriculture is asking Ohioans to send unsolicited seeds they receive in the mail to their offices in Columbus, or to the nearest OSU Extension offices.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture is urging citizens not to plant unsolicited seeds they receive in the mail

Sonny Perdue says he expects "85-90% production in probably a very few days or weeks." He also says the government is stepping up efforts to buy food from farmers and distribute it to families.

The pending federal rule changes could push a million kids off free or reduced-price school meals, at least temporarily.

Farmers got more than $22 billion in government payments in 2019 — and most of the money came through a program that Congress never approved. It's the highest level of farm subsidies in 14 years.

The USDA has issued additional money to farmers around the country who weren’t able to plant anything this spring. After Ohio suffered its worst weather…

The proposed licensing fees and planting minimums for hemp production in Ohio could create cost barriers that exclude smaller growers, farmers and…