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Local pantry urges continued funding, ties food aid to health and economic benefits
3654737 · April 11, 2025
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Summary
Love Thy Neighbor Food Pantry representatives asked supervisors to continue funding, citing USDA research linking food security to health outcomes and economic returns from SNAP benefits.
Ryan Ragsdale, director of Love Thy Neighbor Food Pantry in King George, told the Board of Supervisors that the pantry needs continued county support to keep families healthy and economically productive.
"Lower food security is associated with higher probability of each of the chronic diseases examined," Ragsdale summarized from a U.S. Department of Agriculture…
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