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Gov. Maura T. Healey said Monday that area schools will be cut off from a second round of federal grant money used to buy fresher, local farm foods as a result of the Trump Administration cancelling the 2023 program.
Massachusetts was previously awarded more than $3.5 million in Northeast Food for Schools money from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Haverhill, for example, received $44,221 during the first round, while Lawrence was awarded $75,000; North Andover, $29,616; Greater Lawrence Regional Vocational School, $14,864; and Methuen, $10,000.
Healey said the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education received a termination notice Friday night saying the Department of Agriculture “determined this agreement no longer effectuates agency priorities and that termination of the award is appropriate.”
“Donald Trump and Elon Musk have declared that feeding children and supporting local farmers are no longer ‘priorities,’ and it’s just the latest terrible cut with real impact on families across Massachusetts,” said Healey in a statement. “There is nothing ‘appropriate’ about it. Trump and Musk are continuing to withhold essential funding in violation of court orders, and our children, farmers and small businesses are bearing the brunt of it.”
The $12.2 million award was to be used to provide local healthy food to child care programs and schools and to create new procurement relationships with local farmers and small businesses. The state said food costs have been shown to be one of the primary drivers of high child care costs.