With shelves ‘nearly empty,’ Second Harvest Food Bank finding its way amid funding cuts

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania is pushing ahead through many unknowns.

The slashing of federal funding has set back its service to 200 partnering agencies and families in need across Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe, Wayne, Pike and Carbon counties, Second Harvest officials said.

“We have lost all of our fresh produce, meat, dairy, that we had coming in from local farmers due to funding cuts,” Associate Executive Director Sarah Wassel said…

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