Dear readers, our local food pantry, the North Hunterdon Food Pantry, recently received some bad news. Due to severe cuts in funding of the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation we will lose access to low-cost meats and cheeses. Additionally, cuts to the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, will mean we will lose access to fresh fruits and vegetables come October.
We make
sure 30 families, 25+ kids, a little over 100 people all told, make it to the
end of the month without going hungry. We won’t stop doing that, but these cuts
make our mission all the harder, and our offerings all the more meager.
I imagine
our little pantry isn’t the only one being hit by these changes. Over 45
million Americans are food insecure, their struggles have just gotten worse.
Being poor in America just got harder.
Please contact
your representative and ask them to restore funding to the USDA’s “The
Emergency Food Assistance Program Commodity Credit Corporation” and freeze cuts
to the “Local Food Purchase Assistance Program.”
Please check
with your local food pantry or bank to see what you can do to help; find out what
their immediate needs are, as well as what the staple foods in your community
are. If you’re a hunter, connect with local hunters against hunger type group,
if you are a farmer or gardener find your local gleaning network.
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