Feeding America: Kentucky’s Heartland is bringing farm-fresh food to Lyon County as part of their Farms to Food Banks event.
Executive Director Jamie Sizemore says the event is what she calls a “mobile food pantry.”
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The food will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. There are no income guidelines, anyone in need of food is welcome to attend.
Farms to Food Banks is under a statewide program of the same name, which began in 2011. Sizemore says the program aims to help farmers reduce losses while providing healthy produce to Kentuckians in need.
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Kentucky’s Heartland is part of the Feeding America network that covers 42 counties in the Commonwealth and helps to combat food insecurity.
Sizemore says the issue of food insecurity is a silent one, but still prevalent- in Lyon County alone, one in seven people and one in six children are food insecure.
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Farms to Food Banks will take place on Monday, July 24 at the Lee S. Jones Convention Center in Eddyville. Lyon County residents can receive their fresh food from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The program is currently looking for volunteers to help distribute food. For more information, contact Feeding America: Kentucky’s Heartland at (270) 769-6997.
