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Iowa (RI) — Several food banks in Iowa will receive a total of $13 million over the next three years from the John Deere Foundation to help find more food from local farms.
Nearly $3 million of the “Farm-to-Plate initiative” is allocated to helping the Food Bank of Iowa, River Bend Food Bank, Northeast Iowa Food Bank scale up their existing direct purchasing programs. Deanna Kovar ( COE-var) is president of John Deere’s Worldwide Ag and Turf division…