Feeding South Dakota requests $3 million from Legislature to fill federal loss

Feeding South Dakota requests $3 million from Legislature to fill federal loss

Feeding South Dakota is the first of what could be multiple nonprofits asking the Legislature for help to recover from federal funding cuts. Executive Director Lori Dykstra requested $3 million in one-time funds at the legislative Appropriations Committee meeting Wednesday in Pierre to offset 1.5 million pounds of food no longer being provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture since March. Feeding South Dakota partners to provide food to 265…