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Committee backs $5 million matching request to expand Great Plains Food Bank distribution capacity
Summary
House Bill 11 43 received a due-pass recommendation and was referred to Appropriations. The bill seeks a state appropriation to support construction of a larger statewide food-distribution facility for the Great Plains Food Bank; the bank and local partners described growing need and a capital plan with private and federal funding components.
Representative Brandy Pyle introduced House Bill 11 43, describing the request as an infrastructure appropriation to support food distribution across North Dakota. "This bill represents an infrastructure bill that will serve as the backbone to every county to our state," Pyle told the Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee.
Doug Goring, North Dakota Agriculture Commissioner, testified in support and described prior Department of Agriculture food‑purchase and distribution programs that reached hundreds of pantries and tens of thousands of individuals. "We've seen this program benefit well over a 45,000 individuals in the state of North Dakota," Goring said.
Melissa Sobelik, chief executive officer of…
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