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Yahoo
12-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
USDA ends program that helped schools serve food from local farmers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers. About $660 million of that went to schools and childcare centers to buy food for meals through the Local Foods for Schools program. A separate program provided money to food banks. In Maine, the money allowed the coastal RSU 23 school district to buy food directly from fisherman, dairy producers and farmers for school meals, said Caroline Trinder, the district's food and nutrition services director. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. 'I think everyone can say that they want kids at school to receive the healthiest meals possible,' Trinder said. 'It's the least processed, and we're helping our local economy, we're helping farmers that may be the parents of our students.' The cuts will hurt school districts with 'chronically underfunded' school meal budgets, said Shannon Gleave, president of the School Nutrition Association. 'In addition to losing the benefits for our kids, this loss of funds is a huge blow to community farmers and ranchers and is detrimental to school meal programs struggling to manage rising food and labor costs,' Gleave said in a statement. USDA said the programs are a legacy of the pandemic and no longer supported the agency's priorities. 'The COVID era is over — USDA's approach to nutrition programs will reflect that reality moving forward,' a USDA spokesperson said in a statement. Massachusetts received roughly $12 million in federal funding for school districts and childcare programs to buy food from local producers. 'The signaling that's coming out of Washington in recent weeks, it's obviously deeply disappointing,' said Patrick Tutwiler, the state's education secretary. 'There's clear misalignment around what is important and what matters. We are seeing this cut of the LFS program as a first step towards deeper cuts.' School nutrition directors are bracing for potential rollbacks to programs that expanded funding for school meals, which for some children can be their only reliable source of food. Proposed spending cuts to fund Republican's tax bill include raising the poverty level needed for schools to provide universal free meals without an application. Restricting eligibility for food assistance programs and requiring income verification for free or reduced price school meals, two proposals for cutting costs, would also likely cut out eligible families from accessing food, the School Nutrition Association said. ___ The Associated Press' education coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP's standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at
Associated Press
12-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
USDA ends program that helped schools serve food from local farmers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Agriculture Department is ending two pandemic-era programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks to purchase food from local farmers and producers. About $660 million of that went to schools and childcare centers to buy food for meals through the Local Foods for Schools program. A separate program provided money to food banks. In Maine, the money allowed the coastal RSU 23 school district to buy food directly from fisherman, dairy producers and farmers for school meals, said Caroline Trinder, the district's food and nutrition services director. 'I think everyone can say that they want kids at school to receive the healthiest meals possible,' Trinder said. 'It's the least processed, and we're helping our local economy, we're helping farmers that may be the parents of our students.' The cuts will hurt school districts with 'chronically underfunded' school meal budgets, said Shannon Gleave, president of the School Nutrition Association. 'In addition to losing the benefits for our kids, this loss of funds is a huge blow to community farmers and ranchers and is detrimental to school meal programs struggling to manage rising food and labor costs,' Gleave said in a statement. USDA said the programs are a legacy of the pandemic and no longer supported the agency's priorities. 'The COVID era is over — USDA's approach to nutrition programs will reflect that reality moving forward,' a USDA spokesperson said in a statement. Massachusetts received roughly $12 million in federal funding for school districts and childcare programs to buy food from local producers. 'The signaling that's coming out of Washington in recent weeks, it's obviously deeply disappointing,' said Patrick Tutwiler, the state's education secretary. 'There's clear misalignment around what is important and what matters. We are seeing this cut of the LFS program as a first step towards deeper cuts.' School nutrition directors are bracing for potential rollbacks to programs that expanded funding for school meals, which for some children can be their only reliable source of food. Proposed spending cuts to fund Republican's tax bill include raising the poverty level needed for schools to provide universal free meals without an application. Restricting eligibility for food assistance programs and requiring income verification for free or reduced price school meals, two proposals for cutting costs, would also likely cut out eligible families from accessing food, the School Nutrition Association said. ___
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Yahoo
Man shot by police officer killed lawfully
A man who was shot in a residential street by an armed police officer was killed lawfully, an inquest jury has concluded. Police were called to Summers Street, Rodbourne, Swindon in the early hours of 8 November 2020 to reports of a fight between neighbours. Graham Trinder, 57, had been holding an air rifle which he failed to put down when asked to numerous times by the officer, the inquest was told. The officer who fired the fatal shot told Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner's Court he had thought the gun was real and feared for his life. Mr Trinder, also known as Tommy, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest during the incident outside his home. He was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot at 02:06 GMT. An inquest jury returned the conclusion of lawful killing after a three-day hearing. The officer, referred to as AL/1 in court, said Mr Trinder had emerged from a house carrying a "long-barrelled rifle with a scope", which looked like a hunting rifle. He explained that his training had "taken over" and he had drawn his police-issue Glock and was shouting at Mr Trinder to put the gun down repeatedly. He told the inquest: "I was terrified, the most scared I've been in my career to date. I thought I was going to die." The officer said Mr Trinder had taken a "proper stable shooting position" and then brought the air rifle towards him "in a deliberate aimed action". More news stories for Wiltshire Listen to the latest news for Wiltshire Mr Trinder had been drinking with neighbours when a dispute broke out between him and another man, which resulted in the police being called. Neighbour Richard Fitzsimmons described hearing the officer shout repeated warnings to Mr Trinder. Mr Fitzsimmons said he saw the rifle appear to be pointed at the officer, with Mr Trinder swaying: "I couldn't tell if he did this deliberately or if it was because he'd been drinking. He didn't bring the rifle up to a shooting position. "The rifle was always held at his waist and when it was pointed at the officer, or in the direction of the officer, it was still at his waist. "I then heard a loud bang. It all happened very fast." A post-mortem found Mr Trinder died from a gunshot wound to the chest from a police issue Glock pistol. He was found to have blood alcohol level equivalent to four times the drink-drive limit, and there were also traces of recent use of cocaine. Mr Trinder's death has been investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) which found the firearms officer's use of force during the incident was appropriate in the circumstances. The investigation found it would not have been possible for police officers to have known at a distance and in a relatively dark environment that the weapon Mr Trinder was holding was an unloaded air rifle. IOPC director Derrick Campbell said: "Our thoughts remain with Graham Trinder's family, and everyone affected by his death. "Fatal police shootings are fortunately rare and lethal force must only be used by officers when absolutely necessary. "This was a highly stressful and challenging incident for all concerned. "At a time when Mr Trinder had raised and pointed his weapon in the direction of police, in our view the firearms officer's use of fatal force was justified and reasonable." Follow BBC Wiltshire on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Officer feared for life before shooting man - inquest Man shot by police was holding air rifle - inquest
BBC News
27-02-2025
- BBC News
Swindon: Police officer feared for life before shooting man
An armed police officer who fatally shot a man carrying an air rifle opened fire because he feared for his life, an inquest has officer had responded to a call reporting a fight between two men when he shot father-of-two Graham Trinder, 57, on 8 November 2020 on Summers Street in officer, referred to in court as AL/1, told Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner's Court: "I was terrified, the most scared I've been in my career to date. I thought I was going to die."Mr Trinder had been drinking with neighbours when a dispute broke out shortly before 02:00 GMT, which resulted in him fetching an air rifle from his home, the inquest jury has previously been told. Mr Trinder, known as Tommy, was holding a .22 air rifle outside his home when he sustained a single gunshot wound to the chest. He was pronounced dead at the explained that when he got the scene shortly after 02:00 he noticed a second police car arriving and one person in the Trinder then came out of a house carrying a "long-barrelled rifle with a scope," AL/1 officer described the weapon as looking like a large-calibre hunting rifle and said he did not hear anyone shouting it was an air rifle before he opened said he had been "shocked" at seeing the weapon and added: "It doesn't happen in the UK. People don't walk around with guns in the street." 'Deliberate aimed action' AL/1 told the inquest he drew his gun, pointed it at Mr Trinder and started shouting at him to put the gun how many times he gave the warning, he replied: "I can't … two, three, four, maybe, I don't know."The officer said Mr Trinder took a "proper stable shooting position" then brought the weapon towards him "in a deliberate aimed action".AL/1 said he thought that he was going to be killed as the weapon came round towards him and decided to fire. 'Scared is an understatement' Acting Sgt Marcin Kozak was one of the response officers at the scene and witnessed the told the inquest: "My colleague shouts, 'he's got a gun' and that's when I realised how scared I am."I could see it was a rifle with a scope. He was moving his hands and grabbed the barrel, and I thought he was going to kill him."Scared is an understatement."The inquest has previously been told by residents who witnessed the incident that they heard the officer repeatedly tell Mr Trinder to put down the hearing continues.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Yahoo
Man shot by police was holding air rifle
A man who was killed by armed police following a drunken row with a neighbour had fetched an air rifle before he was shot, an inquest has heard. Graham Trinder, 57, was shot in the chest in the early hours of 8 November, 2020 on Summers Street in Swindon, prompting an investigation by the police watchdog. He had been drinking with neighbours when a dispute broke out shortly before 02:00 GMT between him and Martin Stewart, which resulted in Mr Trinder fetching an air rifle from his home, an inquest jury has been told. Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner's Court heard Mr Trinder, known locally as Tommy, was challenged twice by police to put down his weapon before he was shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the court heard. In a series of written statements read to the court, neighbours of Mr Trinder described events leading up to and after the shooting. "The police officer got out of his car, at which point Graham was outside his house with the air rifle pointing down," neighbour Matthew Mills said. "The police officer was stood near the bonnet of his car and he removed his gun and then said 'armed police, please put your weapon down'. " Mr Mills said Mr Trinder then swore at the officer, who responded by repeating the request to put the gun down. "There was no talking to Graham and the police officer only gave him two options," Mr Mills said. "He told him who he was, and then told him who he was again, and by the time the police officer finished his sentence he fired his gun." More news stories for Wiltshire Listen to the latest news for Wiltshire Mr Stewart told the hearing he had drunk around four glasses of wine and five double whiskies and had a limited recollection of events. "There was a brief pause and then I heard a noise that I would describe as a bang and lots of shouting afterwards," he said. Mr Stewart's partner Zoe Mosteller told the hearing Mr Trinder was visibly drunk and had come out of his house with the air rifle. "I heard an officer shout two or three times 'armed police, drop the weapon'. It was very loud and very clear," she said. She said she could not remember Mr Trinder saying anything. "I just remember him walking out of the house holding the weapon," she said. "He wasn't necessarily pointing at anyone, but he was holding it approximately waist height, diagonally down towards the floor. "There was no more than a couple of minutes between the police pulling up at the house, the warning being given and the shot." The hearing continues. Follow BBC Wiltshire on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. HM Courts and Tribunals Service
