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Trump funding cuts ripple through rural America

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Trump funding cuts ripple through rural America

 

  • Cuts impact small farmers in West Virginia where Trump won 70% of votes
  • Trump cut $500 million program for food banks to buy local produce
  • Federal funds on average comprise about one-third of states' annual spending
RAINELLE, W.V., March 29 (Reuters) - The phone rang over the whine of Trey Yates' butter churn. The person calling was polite, but the message was devastating: Mountaineer Food Bank was ending Yates' butter contract, due to the federal government's funding cuts.
The next day, President Donald Trump signed a declaration celebrating National Agriculture Day, praising farmers and food makers like Yates. But the canceled contract with the federally funded food bank, one of only two in West Virginia, had been a lifeline for Yates' business.
 

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