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Senators move to add milk money to Farm to Food Shelf base as food banks report rising need
Summary
Senators Mike Kupak and John Abler presented companion bills to add the 2023 one‑time milk appropriation to the Farm to Food Shelf program base; Second Harvest Heartland and Channel One told the committee demand and milk costs have risen and that funds are spent early in the year.
Senators Mike Kupak and John Abler told the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Veterans, Broadband, and Rural Development that two companion bills (Senate File 629 and Senate File 257) would add the $250,000 a year the Legislature approved in 2023 for additional milk purchases into the Farm to Food Shelf program base, which the sponsors said has a statutory base of $1.7 million a year.
The change, Kupak said, would make the milk money a permanent appropriation rather than a temporary add‑on. “This change in the farm to food shelf language will ensure that [the Good Acre] continues to receive that state support,” Kupak said. Senator Abler said the program buys milk, protein and produce and praised the program’s low administrative costs: “they’re spending only 2% for admin,” he said.
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