Response to Hunger Network Aims to End Local Hunger
A Dane County group helps about 500 hungry people weekly in Madison by coordinating volunteers farmers and retailers to reduce waste and provide fresh food. Lea Zeldin leads RHN which emerged from Health Writers in 1982 and partners with churches to feed the needy while educating on nutrition and poverty.
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Community cannery opens with RHN in Verona county fields
Ms. Zeldin highlights a new permanent cannery project born from excess fresh produce. Volunteers will process small scale foods at Mendota Mental Health Institute site, creating jams and condiments to cover costs, while offering work and training. Canning begins this spring as World Food Day drives feed the needy.
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Plenty of potatoes available this year headline
USDA Crop Reporting Board reports U S potato inventories at 233.8 million 100 pound bags in major production states as of December 1, up 16 percent from last year and 22 percent above two years ago. Fall crop estimated 340.8 million hundredweight with total 1985 output at a record 400.4 million hundredweight, 10 percent higher than 1984. Agricultural Marketing Service buys 6,145,000 pounds of baking potatoes for school lunch programs in 122,900 cartons to be shipped January through March at a cost of 639,416 dollars.
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