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Grow Pittsburgh and delegation press for larger food‑system funding as federal cuts loom
Summary
Grow Pittsburgh urged stronger state support for food assistance and local agriculture. Committee staff said the governor proposes an $8 million increase across two programs (a $4M increase each to the State Food Purchase program and PA Agricultural Surplus System) and members said they will push to raise those amounts in negotiations given federal cuts to emergency food programs.
At the Penn Hills event, Danielle Houston of Grow Pittsburgh asked how the proposed budget invests in local food systems and food assistance. Committee staff and representatives described increases in the governor’s proposal and flagged the programmatic context.
Courtney Richardson said the governor’s…
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