Mendo County food banks starved by funding cuts at same time community need growing

At a meeting of the Fort Bragg City Council last week, Amanda Friscia, executive director of the Fort Bragg Food Bank as well as the Mendo Food Network, delivered a sobering report on the devastating impact of federal budget cuts on the county’s most vulnerable people.

She explained that in April, the food network “had to end two positions, two pantry coordinator positions that no longer exist.” The food network was also forced to curtail programs that directly impact families and seniors.