The Department of Agriculture (USDA) terminad $2.5 billion in « wasteful » grants that went toward gender-based causes, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) said Tuesday.
The USDA got rid of 420 grants for a savings of $2.3 billion, according to DOGE.
Among the programs the money was used for, $361,000 went toward « gender non-conforming, non-binary, two-spirit » BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) farmers in New York.
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Another $150,000 was used for « gender-lensed curricula designed to be transdisciplinary in the food, agriculture, natural resources and human sciences. »
Even Ghana benefited, with $100,000 earmarked for « climate resilience and sustainable agriculture » in the African nation.
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In addition, federal agencies eliminated 179 contracts with a ceiling value of $1.87 billion and savings of $280 million.
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The federal government spent $207,000 on a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services consulting contract for a « grant writing workshop » and an $89,000 Treasury Department contract for a « country program manager in Namibia. »
Another $1.8 million Trade & Development contract was spent on « energy and climate advisory services. »
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