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Vermont Food Bank asks lawmakers for $5 million; outlines rise in purchased food and emergency needs
Summary
Vermont Food Bank leaders described operations, rising demand and a shift toward purchased and locally sourced food. The bank asked for a $5 million appropriation to support emergency readiness, food purchases (including purchases from Vermont farms) and continued local contracting.
John Sayles, CEO of the Vermont Food Bank, and Carrie Stiller, government and public affairs manager, briefed the Senate Agriculture Committee on the food bank’s statewide operations and a $5 million legislative request to support food purchase, distribution and emergency readiness.
“We cover all 14 counties. We're the only food bank in Vermont,” Sayles said, summarizing the organization’s statewide network and logistics. He said the food bank operates three distribution centers (Barre, Rutland and Brattleboro), supports roughly 215 partner sites and distributed about 14.5 million pounds of food in the most recent year — up from about 10–11 million pounds pre-pandemic and down from…
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