Old Orchard Beach Food Box distribution to be held Feb. 25
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OLD ORCHARD BEACH There will be a USDA Food Box Distribution in the Town of Old Orchard Beach on Thursday, Feb. 25 from 10 a.m. to noon or until boxes are gone at the Old Orchard Beach Ballpark at7 BallPark Way.
The event is open to anyone in need of food. Quantities are limited; no reservations are required. The distribution will be contactless from “truck to trunk.” Individuals arriving to receive a food box are required to follow all COVID-19 protocol including the use of facemasks.
In a time that has pressured many individuals and families with unforeseen employment loss, financial stress and food insecurity the needs within our community are great. The town thanks to the USDA Farmer to Family Food Box program, Native Maine and Youthful Maine in partnering with the Town of Old Orchard Beach, The Ballpark of Old Orchard and the OOB Community-Friendly-Connection to feed our community.
Ross Hugues, who serves as president of the Pocatello Idaho Tyhee Stake, and other church volunteers distribute food boxes to Native Americans representing various tribes who live on the Fort Hall Reservation and in surrounding communities in southeastern Idaho on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
A truck delivered 40,000 pounds of food to a Latter-day Saint meetinghouse on the Fort Hall Reservation in southeastern Idaho this week.
It was the third of three deliveries to the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, made possible through the partnership of the United States Department of Agriculture and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during the COVID-19 pandemic.
China weighs heavily on dairy and ag markets
“We kind of laugh. It feels like it’s been Groundhog Day going all the way back to March 2020, since seemingly every few weeks we get some market-moving news. Quite frankly, over the past couple of weeks postelection, it’s been more of the same,” said Kyle Schrad, vice president, Global Dairy and Food Operations, StoneX Financial Inc.
Though Schrad was hoping for more market and economic clarity postelection, markets still remain volatile. However, he does have projections about the coming year on foreign and domestic activity.
The first elephant
“The biggest thing to keep an eye on from the dairy perspective is Chinese purchases,” he said. “China is the elephant in the room.”
Saturday, December 26th 2020, 9:19 pm
By: William Blanchette
The Tulsa Dream Center as is preparing for an even bigger effort in the fight against hunger in 2021.
“For 20 years, we have been doing a food program and we knew we had to continue to find ways to serve people in need,” Dream Center Executive Director Aaron Johnson said.
Johnson said in his four years at the nonprofit, 2020 has seen its biggest response yet in feeding the hungry.
“Whether you were wealthy, middle class, or financially struggling, the pandemic affected all classes, all races,” Johnson said.
During the pandemic, they have served almost 14 million meals. Johnson said help from churches, nonprofits, and even funding from the Farmers to Family Food Box program through the CARES Act made it possible.
Wisconsin Ag News Headlines
By: Bob Cropp, UW-Madison Professor Emeritus - 12/21/2020 Milk prices fell the end of the year and we can expect lower prices going into next year. In November, the Class III price set a record high for the month at $23.34. The Class III price for December will fall by more than $7 to below $16. But still the Class III
price will average about $18.25 this year compared to $16.96 last year.
Relatively strong milk production, the end of the Farm to Family Food Box cheese purchases and some further restrictions on restaurant and bars have brought down cheese prices. Cheese prices normally do decline after purchases for the holiday season comes