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Food Banks
6:35 am
Mon November 21, 2011

St. Louis-area food banks struggling to keep up with rising need

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Credit (Tim Lloyd for St. Louis Public Radio)
Captain Paul Ferguson (left) directs volunteers during a weekly food pickup day at the Salvation Army’s food pantry in O’Fallon, Mo. The food pantry has seen a ten-fold increase this year alone.
Credit (Tim Lloyd for St. Louis Public Radio)
A rack of US Department of Agriculture bonus commodities is empty at the Saint Louis Area Food Bank’s warehouse in Earth City.
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With one of the biggest meals of the year fast approaching, those who rely on St. Louis area food pantries for Thanksgiving may be in trouble. The USDA’s food assistance program is sending far less to agencies like the St. Louis Area Food Bank than in past years. And as Tim Lloyd reports, the shortfall is making it hard for the food banks to keep up with a rising need for help.

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Rural Broadband
11:25 am
Mon November 14, 2011

USDA announces funding for rural broadband, Mo. not on list

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Telephone utilities in 18 states will receive nearly $500 million in U.S. Agriculture Department funds to build, expand and improve broadband in rural areas.

The Ag Department made the announcement Monday during the annual meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in St. Louis.

In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the money to 28 telephone utilities will provide high-speed Internet that will improve health care and educational opportunities to rural areas, along with greater job opportunities.

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