Kansas LFPA Plus Executive Summary
The Kansas Department of Agriculture proposes a three-year project to purchase and distribute $4,523,080.28 worth of locally grown and processed foods to underserved communities and families across Kansas. Kansans in both rural and urban communities are greatly impacted by increasing inflation of food prices and limited access to fresh fruits and vegetables. According to data published in Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap study, there are over 281,000 Kansans who are food insecure. This equates to 9.7% of the Kansas population.