- Rachel McDevitt/StateImpact Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s cancellation of a $13 million contract that helps local farmers supply food to area food pantries.
The Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program supports 14 food banks and 189 farms across the state, including 16 farms or farm collectives in Lancaster County.
“For our food bank alone, that cut means losing $1.8 million over 15 months — that’s $120,000 a month and 500,000 meals that won’t reach the children and adults who rely on us,” said Joe Arthur, CEO of the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank…