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Speaker urges commissioners to recommit to food-system resiliency after SNAP interruption
Summary
At the Nov. 17 meeting, resident Catherine Elkins told the board that local SNAP interruptions left thousands without benefits and asked the county to recommit to a 2021 resolution supporting food-system resiliency; she described local coordination among faith groups, pantries and volunteers.
Catherine Elkins, a resident of Gloucester, asked the Clark County Board of Commissioners to recommit to a January 25, 2021 resolution that supported the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners’ initiative to promote food-system resiliency. Elkins said the resolution originally committed the board to an ongoing examination of the county’s food system and stronger community supports.
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