Sam Hartnett
Local food program looks for security in state money amid funding worries
Farmers say it helps secure their bottom line, and officials in and outside the Legislature say itβs vital to curbing hunger
MONTPELIER-Funding may be at risk for a nonprofit program that buys local food and gives it to Vermonters struggling with money - so its leaders are backing a bill that would solidify its budget through a state agency, rather than grants and donations.
Vermonters Feeding Vermonters, created and run by the Vermont Foodbank, helps get locally grown produce and protein into the hands of food-insecure Vermonters.