USDA Food Access MCP server

USDA Food Access is an MCP server with 4 tools an agent can call, among them get_agricultural_data, get_food_environment, get_food_insecurity_indicators. It answers at https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 10 of 10 times since 5 September 2026; the last check, on 18 October 2026, succeeded.

Status

Answering

Tools

Official

yes, served from olyport.com

Reliability

10 of 10 checks

Response time

559 ms

Transport

streamable HTTP

Last checked

18 October 2026

SNAP participation, food insecurity indicators, and agricultural statistics

Description as the publisher wrote it.

The 4 tools USDA Food Access offers

Tool	What it does
`get_agricultural_data`	Get USDA NASS QuickStats data on agricultural production by state. Returns crop values, production quantities, and farm statistics from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. Useful for understanding local food production capaci Inputs: state, commodity, year
`get_food_environment`	Get county-level food access risk profiles using Census ACS data. Constructs food access risk profiles by combining vehicle access (B25044), poverty status (B17001), and SNAP participation (B22001). Limited vehicle access combined with high Inputs: state, county_fips
`get_food_insecurity_indicators`	Get food-related economic indicators as proxies for food insecurity by county. Combines SNAP participation rate (B22001), poverty rate (B17001), and median household income (B19013) to build a food insecurity risk profile. Higher SNAP rates Inputs: state, county_fips, year
`get_snap_participation`	Get SNAP/food stamp household participation by county using Census ACS Table B22001. Returns the number and percentage of households receiving vs not receiving SNAP/food stamp benefits, broken down by county. Essential for understanding foo Inputs: state, county_fips, year

Add USDA Food Access to your AI client

Every block below points at https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp. Pick your client and copy.

Claude Code: one command in your terminal

claude mcp add --transport http usda-food-access https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp

Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usda-food-access": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or .cursor/mcp.json in a project

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usda-food-access": {
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code and GitHub Copilot: .vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "usda-food-access": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Zed: Zed settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "usda-food-access": {
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf: ~/.codeium/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usda-food-access": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usda-food-access": {
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Continue: .continue/mcpServers/neuronto.yaml

name: USDA Food Access
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
  - name: USDA Food Access
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp

Gemini CLI: ~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usda-food-access": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Codex CLI: MCP server config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usda-food-access": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Warp: MCP servers, + Add, paste JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "usda-food-access": {
      "url": "https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Goose: a one-click extension link

goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcp.olyport.com%2Fusda-food%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=usda-food-access&name=USDA%20Food%20Access

Is USDA Food Access up right now?

It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 559 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.

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Questions about USDA Food Access

Is there an official USDA Food Access MCP server?

Yes. It is published by olyport.com and served from mcp.olyport.com, the vendor's own domain: https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp.

How many tools does USDA Food Access have?

4, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 31 August 2026: get_agricultural_data, get_food_environment, get_food_insecurity_indicators, get_snap_participation.

Is USDA Food Access down?

It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 559 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10.

How do I add USDA Food Access to Cursor?

Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://mcp.olyport.com/usda-food/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.

Does USDA Food Access need an API key?

It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.

Where this comes from

Publisher: com.olyport. Endpoint host: mcp.olyport.com. ARD identifier: urn:air:com.olyport:mcp:usda-food. First indexed 31 August 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.

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