Friendly Competition Cooks Up More than 7,500 Pounds of Food for Needy

The USDA Farm Service Agency in Schuylkill County, Pa., along with several other agricultural agencies collected more than 7,570 pounds of food during the Feds Feed Families food drive. The friendly competition pitted FSA against the Natural Resources Conservation Service and two other organizations to see who could collect the most. The total amount of produce and nonperishable items contributed was 80 percent of what was collected by all USDA offices in Pennsylvania. The goods were donated to local food pantries and soup kitchens. (Republican Herald) Read more.