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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here. 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.HOW A DOGE REVIEW CAN ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE PROGRAMS THAT FIGHT HIV/AIDS Elon Musk, Department of Government Efficiency policy advisor, has slashed government since President Donald Trump took office. (Fox News)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. DOGE SLASHES ‘WASTEFUL’ ‘PROBLEM-SOLVING’ CONTRACT WORTH $50K IN LATEST ROUND OF ELIMINATIONS President Donald Trump and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Getty Images)In addition, federal agencies eliminated 179 contracts with a ceiling value of $1.87 billion and savings of $280 million. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe 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.”
Billions saved after DOGE eliminates more grants and contracts
