LFPA, which funds the Illinois-EATS program, uses federal funding to buy fresh products from farmers at a fair market value, then distributes the food to communities via food pantries and other ...

Two stateline products have made the top 16 in the Illinois Manufacturers' Association’s Makers Madness contest.

The USDA cut grant money that paid local farmers to send fresh food to community food banks, saying the program “no longer effectuates the goals of the agency.” ...

Sen. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) wants to ban people from selling, distributing or offering baby food in Illinois that contains ...

The most recent round of cuts from the Trump Administration are hitting Illinois farmers and foodbanks. The Illinois Department of Agriculture, or IDOA, announced on March 4 the end for two grant ...

Illinois is forging ahead with the Illinois Food Safety Act to ban brominated vegetable oil (BVO) and some other additives, spotlighting a tug-of-war over ...

Whiskey Acres Distilling Company in DeKalb and Berner Food and Bevereage LLC in Dakota have advanced to the Top 16 in the ...

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) Director Jerry Costello II, along with key stakeholders representing ...

Illinois will also cease to operate its Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure program due to USDA cuts. stock.adobe.com Share An independent federal board last week temporarily reinstated nearly ...

Two measures, awaiting advancement, seek to outlaw plastics, foam and disposable products from Illinois businesses and ...

Illinois food banks and farmers are the latest to feel the impact of the Trump administration’s drastic funding cuts and shifting policies. “We’ll be ending the flagrant waste of taxpayer ...

The Trump administration has stopped reimbursing Illinois for a program designed to help farmers and supply fresh food to Illinois ... banning the sale of new fur products advanced in the Chicago ...