USDA cuts 250,000 pounds of food locally — Columbia Community Connection News Mid-Columbia Region

Here locally, that means 250,000 fewer pounds of food annually for some 6,400 people who seek assistance for food scarcity monthly, according to Columbia Gorge Food Banks’ Breen Goodwin, Executive Director.

Foods that come from Commodity Credit make up about 17 percent of the total food that is distributed through food bank warehouses, of which there are a total of 21 in Oregon and Clark County, Wash, Breen said.

At the statewide level, the loss of food is estimated at 4 million pounds.  

Columbia Gorge Food Bank located in The Port of The Dalles is the Regional Food Bank serving Sherman, Wasco and Hood River counties. As part of the Oregon Food Bank Network, it connects statewide food resources to 35 local pantries and partners — ensuring that nourishing food reaches our community here in the Gorge.