PORTLAND ( AP) — Two Maine organizations are getting $325,000 in federal grants to help fight hunger.
The two grants in Maine are among 27 grants totaling $4.8 million awarded nationwide by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Cultivating Community, a nonprofit agency in Portland that promotes community development through agriculture training programs, will receive $ 300,000, while the Good Shepherd Food Bank in Auburn is getting $25,000.
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