The still-looming threat of a federal government shutdown and chaos in Congress have pushed Farm Bill negotiations to the side.
Ohio food banks said the uncertainty around federal funding for food banks and nutrition programs is compounding the struggles to meet demand. The deadline to reauthorize the nation's largest food and agriculture legislative package was last month.
"We can't afford to let the cost of uncertainty of the threat of another shutdown, and the lack of a bipartisan agreement to fund critical programs and services of the federal government, to be borne by vulnerable Americans," Semachko asserted. The Farm Bill also covers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP, and other critical nutrition programs. While food banks were asked to fill in the gap when emergency SNAP allotments ended earlier this year, Semachko noted pantries are not designed to replace a strong nutrition safety net, adding food banks provide just one meal for every nine meals SNAP provides.
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