Source: US State of Pennsylvania
October 16, 2024 – Erie, PA
ADVISORY – Erie County – Shapiro Administration to Announce $4 Million Initiative to Expand Fresh, Affordable Food Access
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding will announce details of a $4 million investment to support agriculture and food businesses contributing to sustainable ways to increase healthy, local food access across Pennsylvania. The announcement will be made at Erie Food Co-op.
According to Feeding America’s annual Map the Meal Gap report, in 2022, more than one in nine Pennsylvanians didn’t always know where their next meal was coming from. That includes 436,000 children facing hunger. Hunger is not an issue of food scarcity, many of those children and families live in communities where there is nowhere nearby to buy fresh, affordable, healthy food.
The Shapiro Administration is investing in agriculture as key to Pennsylvania’s future economic success.
WHO:
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding
Pennsylvania Food Policy Council Director Dawn Plummer
Erie Food Co-op CEO LeAnna Nieratko
Erie Food Co-op Board Member Sarah Parker of Parable Farm
WHEN:
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 at 11 a.m.
WHERE:
Erie Food Co-Op, 1341 W. 26th Street, Erie, PA 16508
RSVP: Press attending should RSVP to Shannon Powers, shpowers@pa.gov.