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Food banks, farm groups and community action urge expanded funding for food security and farm recovery
Summary
Witnesses including Vermont Food Bank, NOFA and VCAP requested multiple appropriations: $5 million for Vermont Food Bank responsive readiness; $20 million for a farm security fund for climate recovery; $500,000 for Crop Cash Plus and FarmShare; and $3 million for Working Lands Enterprise Fund.
Representatives of Vermont Food Bank, NOFA‑VT, Vermont Community Action Partnership (VCAP), and others urged the Appropriations Committees to fund a suite of food security and farm support programs in FY26.
Sarah Kevlin of Vermont Food Bank asked the committees to appropriate $5,000,000 to strengthen the food bank’s "responsive readiness," support food purchase and distribution, and help its network of more than 220 food shelves and meal sites meet surging need. "We are distributing twice as much food as we did before the pandemic," Kevlin…
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