USDA provides half of food distributed by Food Bank of Iowa

Iowa food pantries and food banks could lose a major source of food if the current Farm Bill isn’t extended. “Of 2.5 million pounds that we distributed in November, 1.25 million of that came from USDA,” says Michelle Book, CEO of the Food Bank of Iowa, which distributes food to pantries and other feeding organizations […]

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