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Vermonters Feeding Vermonters, created and run by the Vermont Foodbank, helps get food from Vermont farms onto the plates of local people experiencing food insecurity. The bill is cosponsored by Rep. Michelle Bos-Lun (D-Windham-3) of Westminster.

Local food program looks for security in state money amid funding worries

Farmers say it helps secure their bottom line, and officials in and outside the Legislature say it’s vital to curbing hunger

MONTPELIER-Funding may be at risk for a nonprofit program that buys local food and gives it to Vermonters struggling with money - so its leaders are backing a bill that would solidify its budget through a state agency, rather than grants and donations.

Vermonters Feeding Vermonters, created and run by the Vermont Foodbank, helps get locally grown produce and protein into the hands of food-insecure Vermonters.

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