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Farm Share Sends Letter to Senators Rubio and Scott for Funding to Address Immediate Need for Food

Posted on September 9, 2022

Homestead-based Farm Share and food banks across Florida requested additional funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) from Florida’s Congressional delegation in response to the growing need for food assistance. The request urges Congress to act by establishing additional temporary or permanent emergency food supplies and/or re-establishing the Farmers to Families Food Box Program to meet food insecurity that has surged more than 200% above base demand this year due to inflation.

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