Federal farm bill to alleviate food deserts

The farm bill signed into law Friday includes a $125 million initiative based on a program that started in Pennsylvania.

The bill authorizes funding for the Healthy Food Financing Initiative to provide start-up grants and affordable loan financing for food retailers, farmers markets and cooperatives that sell and deliver healthy goods to “food deserts” — areas underserved by grocery stores….

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Publish Date: 02-07-2014

News Outlet: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Author: Tracie Mauriello

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