Fairchild Equipment donates Walk-In Freezer for Rural Food Access Through Great Plains Food Bank and North Dakota Rural Electric Cooperatives Foundation.FARGO — The Great Plains Food Bank is thanking a local machinery company for the donation of a walk-in freezer worth around seventy-five-thousand dollars. The freezer was originally located in the new factory for Fairchild Equipment, but it has been…
Fargo, N.D. (KVRR) – Local food banks may see more difficulties in determining how many people in their communities are going hungry. That’s after the USDA announced that it will end the longstanding Household Food Security Report, calling it “redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous.” Great Plains Food Bank says that this report was an important part of how they compare…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — It was a cheesy dream for the Great Plains Food Bank as nearly 40,000 pounds of macaroni and cheese were donated by Land O’Lakes. The macaroni will be available to Great Plains 196 partner food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters across North Dakota and Clay County, Minnesota. The donation comes at a time when many food…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Federal cuts to food programs are leaving food pantries like Great Plains Food Bank in Fargo uncertain about future funding. Earlier this year, Great Plains announced it had lost about $1.3 million in funding and food. The food bank then shifted avenues on where they received fresh produce and meat. But the wait for the vote…
