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$170,000 grants will fill critical gap for 3,000 food insecure families in Greater Boston via Food For Free s new grocery box program
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) Life Science Cares Boston and the Biogen Foundation have teamed up as inaugural sponsors of Food For Free s new Just Eats Grocery Box program, a $170,000 effort to reduce food insecurity for 3,000 area families, starting this month. To launch Just Eats, Life Science Cares, the life science industry platform for giving back, has committed $50,000, and the Biogen Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Cambridge-based neuroscience pioneer Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB), has committed $100,000, matching the $50,000 from Life Science Cares and donating an additional $50,000 to combatting food insecurity for children in Greater Boston. Committing an additional $20,000 toward the program is Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., the largest and preeminent owner, operator, and developer of collaborative life
STILLWATER, N.Y. â The Biden administrationâs approach to the Farmers to Families Food Box Program could be a make-or-break proposition for struggling dairy producers.
High grain prices, a recent rise in fuel costs and increased labor expenses are all taking their toll as the price farms get for milk remains low.
âNobody is thinking itâs going to be a great year,â said Chris Koval, co-owner with his brother, Adam, of Koval Brothers Dairy in Saratoga County. âEverybodyâs belt is pretty tight.â
With 500 cows, this is the largest of the more than two dozen local farms that supply fresh milk to Stewartâs Shops, one of eastern New Yorkâs largest convenience store chains with more than 335 locations.
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Merchants Foodservice in Hattiesburg has been awarded a contract worth up to $86.1 million to provide food to military installations in Mississippi and Louisiana, according to U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith