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Fairbanks Community Food Bank warns of tight supplies, preparing biodigester and broader community partnerships
Summary
Fairbanks Community Food Bank told the Health & Social Services Commission it supplied more than 900,000 pounds to local agencies last year, is seeing a recent drop in incoming donated food, and expects a biodigester to arrive in April to support local composting and grower partnerships.
At the Fairbanks North Star Borough Health & Social Services Commission meeting March 15, representatives of the Fairbanks Community Food Bank described a sustained increase in demand and a concurrent decline in donated retail food supply, and outlined plans to boost local food production and sharing.
Ann Weaver, representing Fairbanks Community Food Bank, told commissioners the food bank provided more than 900,000 pounds of food to local agencies last year and operates programs such as Food Is Medicine that served as many as 160 people per day. "This food bank was founded in a recession.…
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