According to the USDA, the FDPIR serves as an alternative to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), ...

Tribal leaders, joined by lawmakers from both parties, are demanding answers from the Biden administration about a food shortage crisis that has hit the most vulnerable in Indian Country.

Members of the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee and the House Agriculture Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture and Horticulture Subcommittee questioned Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack about ...

Indian Country is already suffering from a food shortage crisis and problems will only get worse under a government shutdown, ...

Mary Greene-Trottier is Director of the Tribe’s Food Distribution Program, and National President for Food Distribution ...

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture made a seemingly straightforward logistical shift to the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), which provides USDA foods ...

The Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations — or FDPIR ... according to a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency announced in the middle of the month it ...

Transforming Indian agriculture depends on adopting sustainable ... Following the agricultural challenges, meeting the food requirements of this burgeoning population will be imperative.

Several tribal nations reported that a federal food distribution program they rely on has not fulfilled orders for months and ...

a young agriculture graduate joined a farmer producer ... The board of directors took care of my food and stay," continued Bhavithra, daughter of a bus conductor, now 32. After five years at ...

The pan-India delegation – comprising representatives from 31 leading Indian food and agriculture entities from sectors like rice, tea, coffee, spices, frozen vegetables and packaging ...

The Indian delegation, led by Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Ram Nath Thakur, held bilateral talks ...