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A dual crisis is unfolding in school lunchrooms across Florida. Some districts raise prices to keep pace with higher costs, and thousands fewer kids are signed up for the help they need to get free meals.

It's the first time a state's oversights in distributing food assistance is being tied to financial penalties.

The state Agriculture Department issued an emergency rule prohibiting the importation of shelter and rescue dogs and cats from states with confirmed screwworm detections.

Sarasota-based Boar's Head permanently stopped making liverwurst and recalled 7 million pounds of deli products in the wake of the illnesses.

WUSF's Gabriella Paul spoke about the fallout of federal data deserts with Urban Institute researcher Elaine Waxman.

At least a dozen federal datasets have been axed or altered under the Trump administration. They track issues such as climate change, food security and health outcomes.

The Trump administration discontinued future releases of the USDA’s Household Food Security survey, calling it “redundant,” “costly,” and “subjective, liberal fodder.” Food policy experts disagree.

"Florida is just a great place for snowbirds and snow bees."

Keith Schneider, UF professor of food safety, says leftover safety can be an often-overlooked part of the meal. Here's how to store them, dish by dish.

SNAP has about $6 billion in the contingency fund — short of the roughly $9 billion needed to cover a full month of the program, putting November benefits in jeopardy.

The state allocated $38 million to the Farmers Feeding Florida program. The new statewide initiative helps food banks distribute surplus and discounted farm products to families in need.

USDA officials lifted a forced suspension at the company's Jarratt, Virginia, site. However, documents show sanitation problems similar to those that led to listeria contamination persist at three other plants.