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2024 brought increased demand, possible changes at local food pantries
04 Jan 2025 15:02 GMT
SALT LAKE CITY — Glenn Bailey and his staff run one of the largest and busiest food pantries in the Salt Lake City area. In 2024, they discovered things could get a whole lot busier.
Slightly more than 10,000 people were fed by the pantry during the year, …
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Funding for local food projects announced
03 Jan 2025 17:02 GMT
… provide the community with sustainably produced local food while also serving as a … , sustainable and resilient organic vegetable production in Ireland.
Total funding 2025 … sustainable and resilient organic vegetable production in Ireland.
Total funding 2025 …
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Cast Vote For 2024 SD Specialty Crop Producer Of The Year
04 Jan 2025 04:35 GMT
PIERRE — The South Dakota Specialty Producers Association (SDSPA) invites the public … significant contribution to specialty crop production in the state.
Specialty crops … , and prosperity for South Dakota local food systems and specialty crops.
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Call to focus on local food production
02 Jan 2025 23:18 GMT
… of local produce.
“I would love to see more local food on the … to a higher demand for local food in overseas markets and Ms … affect the entire nation as production of goods and services will … resource owners in producing more local food as because of low supply …
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Innovations and Ideas LA Restaurants Should Keep in 2025, According to Local Food Journalists
02 Jan 2025 20:21 GMT
Welcome to the Year in Eater 2024 — an annual tradition that looks back at the highs, lows, and in-betweens of Los Angeles’s restaurant scene. Today, LA’s finest food writers, editors, and reporters highlight the emerging changes they hope will continue …
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Providence’s Urban Farmers Feed City Thanks to Southside Community Land Trust’s Produce Aggregation Program
03 Jan 2025 01:05 GMT
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It “gets fresh local food into the local community,” … fulfill wholesale orders.
The Produce Aggregation Program addresses these … change impacts on agricultural production, and the need for … by the USDA’s Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement …
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Primrose Schools donate more than 1,300 canned goods to local food pantries
31 Dec 2024 18:02 GMT
This holiday season, three Primrose Schools in New Jersey came together to support their neighbors in need through the annual, nationwide Caring and Giving Food Drive. The schools in Hillsborough, Berkeley Heights and Wayne collected a total of 1,375 …
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THE DIGEST: Free Petersburg Kwanzaa festival, local food drives & more
30 Dec 2024 12:09 GMT
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Monday: Free Kwanzaa festival in Petersburg
Local cultural …
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Federal, state funds help food banks support local producers
31 Dec 2024 17:42 GMT
… business create a consistent production routine despite changing … because of the federal Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement … provides some funding for local foods, with food banks … from nine different local producers, Guardado said. Food …
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New Connemara Food Hub to support producers
31 Dec 2024 15:28 GMT
… comprehensive support for existing food producers and those interested in establishing … and training for existing food producers and potential entrepreneurs;
Flexible rental … and develop;
Development of the local food industry through tourism and local …