Funding Cuts Are Impacting Iowa Food Banks

(ABC 6 News) — Federal backing cuts are starting to spot a trickle-down effect successful Iowa, and a $500 cardinal trim successful nan Emergency Food Assistance Program is having contiguous impacts.

One of nan organizations deed has been nan Food Bank of Iowa, which serves 700 partners crossed 55 counties.

Due to USDA backing cuts announced past month, 16 truckloads of nutrient were canceled, which is balanced to astir 400,000 pounds of food.

“When we don’t get it from USDA, nan only measurement to dress up that shortfall is to acquisition it, and that’s what we’re doing now, is trying to dress up for that shortfall. And that will return good complete a cardinal dollars to do that,” said Annette Hacker, nan VP of Communications for nan Food Bank of Iowa.

However, nan Food Bank of Iowa says it is assured successful its mission, saying it plans to ramp up efforts to make judge nan cuts aren’t felt astatine nan section level.

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