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Nearly $1 million in federal stimulus dollars will go toward the purchase and delivery of “desperately needed emergency food” for New Mexicans, Gov. Bill Richardson announced today.
The New Mexico Association of Food Banks will use $775,000 of the $950,000 in federal dollars to purchase fresh produce and “other staples, such as beans, peanut butter and canned products,” according to a news release issued by Richardson’s office.
The remaining $175,000 will be spent on delivering the purchased food staples to six agency food banks around New Mexico that will then distribute the food to more than 650 charitable agencies in every New Mexico county, the release said.
“New Mexicans are turning more and more to food pantries to help supplement their families’ meals,” Richardson was quoted as saying in the release. “This funding will help ensure there is fresh produce and other necessary staples at those pantries when New Mexicans need them.”
Kathy Komoll, Executive Director of the NM Association of Food Banks, welcomed the windfall.
“This generous allocation by Governor Richardson will be a welcome relief for the food banks who rely on donations and assistance from the state to help serve so many New Mexicans in need,” Komoll was quoted as saying in the release.
The $950,000 to purchase and deliver the food staples came from the governor’s discretionary stimulus fund, the news release said.
