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Friday, December 1, 2023 - Eliminating food waste by linking farms to food pantries
9 minutes Posted Dec 1, 2023 at 12:58 pm.
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More than 100 billion pounds of food goes to waste every year in America—in kitchens, at grocery stores, and on farms. Now a federally-funded program is connecting local farmers and food pantries in an effort to cut down on that food waste. But funding for the program depends on Congress and what gets included in the next farm bill.