More than 175 farms would benefit from Gov. Wolf's proposed $4.5 million investment into PASS for the 2022-23 budget, an increase of $2 mil

"Not being able to serve Pennsylvania's seniors in need of food assistance was not an option," said PA Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding

The listening session was an opportunity to hear pandemic stories from seniors who rely on various food assistance like Senior Food Boxes

Statewide network distributed 262 million pounds of food last year compared to 118 million pounds in the year prior to the pandemic

These funds have been used to purchase more than 7.9 million pounds of food, which will be delivered between June and December 2021.