The bill would allocate $1 million to a grant program managed by the Montana Department of Agriculture and dole out cash to area food banks to purchase local food.
Food To Trunk offers help on weekend i KTVQ photo /i
and last updated 2021-03-06 19:48:29-05
The Billings Food Bank held its first weekend Farm To Trunk event to give more people a chance at receiving food boxes.
Boy Scouts volunteered to put the food into vehicles on Saturday. Farm To Trunk is a USDA program and the Billings Food Bank adds supplemental items.
The four-day event started Wednesday and it draws from 300 to 500 on weekdays.
Sheryle Shandy, food bank executive director, said some who work during the week may have a better chance on a Saturday to get to Farm To Trunk.