American manufacturer of food for malnourished babies lays off staff amid USAID funding upheaval
Despite that, the Rhode Island manufacturer of a life-saving paste for severely malnourished babies last week had to lay off ...
Edesia Nutrition cuts 10% of workforce due to lack of USAID funding
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Edesia Nutrition, a North Kingstown-based nonprofit, has laid off 10% of its workforce due to ...
Famine-fighting RI org was supposed to be spared DOGE cuts. It still hasn't been paid.
Production at Edesia's Quonset factory has been shut down since Feb. 26 and some already-produced food has not been delivered ...
‘We couldn’t wait any longer’: Edesia Nutrition lays off 10 percent of staff amid federal funding delays
The North Kingstown nonprofit relies heavily on US Agency for International Development funding to feed malnourished children ...
Edesia lays off 10% of staff amid funding cuts
More than 1000 people -- shoulder-to-shoulder in bleachers, on the ground and on folding chairs -- jammed the Clackamas ...
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USAID freeze hits American manufacturer of product that saves babies' lives
When Navyn Salem received a letter Wednesday terminating the federal government's contract with her Rhode Island company, Edesia, she halted its production line, which makes a life-saving paste ...
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Famine-fighting RI org was supposed to be spared DOGE cuts. It still hasn't been paid.
Edesia Nutrition manufactures Plumpy'Nut, a ready-to-use therapeutic food used to treat starvation in children. Despite heavy cuts to USAID, Edesia was told their funding would stay in place.