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State officials, food banks back $8 million in proposed funding for PAS and State Food Purchase Program
Summary
Department of Agriculture officials and Feeding Pennsylvania told the committee that the Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus System (PAS) and the State Food Purchase Program help reduce waste and feed low-income residents; Governor Shapiro's budget proposes a combined $8 million increase for the two programs.
Karen Long Earle, director of the Bureau of Food Assistance at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, and Julie Bancroft, CEO of Feeding Pennsylvania, told the House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee that the state’s PAS and State Food Purchase Program help move surplus local food into the charitable food network.
Karen Long Earle said the PAS program, launched in 2015, has sourced more than 35,000,000 pounds of Pennsylvania-produced food for distribution to…
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