Food banks in Lexington and Elizabethtown will receive some surplus food from the federal government. God’s Pantry and Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland are expected to receive more than 314,000 meal kits from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles helped spread the word today with a stop in Winchester. “And these kit were originally going to families who more than likely suffered disaster or disaster relief, so each box contains a variety of food that would make up several meals with a lot of variety in it,” said Quarles.
The food banks are paying $65,000, a fraction of the original $1.8 million price.
Together, Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland and God’s Pantry serve 92 of Kentucky’s 120 counties.
Quarles says trucks should be arriving with surplus meal kits as soon as next week.
