Biden boosts allocations for agriculture and food programs in 2023 budget

In his proposed 2023 budget, President Biden elevated allocations for the USDA by 6% from the earlier 12 months. The key agricultural priorities of the administration embrace a lift in rural improvement spending, safety of particular person producers in opposition to value manipulation from bigger food firms, water conservation, and wildfire safety. Mandatory diet programs are additionally seeing funding will increase with an extra $834 billion going to the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program.

Politico food and coverage reporter Ximena Bustillo identifies one massive story from the omnibus: No extension of faculty meal waivers which have created distant free meals to college students in the course of the pandemic.