Good Shepherd Food Bank gets $3M to buy food locally
September 13, 2016
The funding, which comes from the Fund for a Healthy Maine, was made available as a result of legislation titled "Resolve, To Facilitate the Distribution of Food Harvested in Maine to Residents with Food Insecurity" passed in the spring of 2016.(Reprint from Mainebiz 9/13/2016) – The Good Shepherd Food Bank was awarded $3 million by the Finance Authority of Maine to purchase locally sourced produce and seafood to be distributed to hunger relief programs across the state through its Mainers Feeding Mainers program. Read more here.
