OSHKOSH (NBC 26) — After federal funding cuts put the Oshkosh Area Community Pantry's supply of fresh produce at risk, the non-profit turns to the community for support.

A program that paid local farmers to donate their produce to community pantries was cut this summer.

The program provided $120,000 worth of produce to the OACP.

The pantry is turning to public donations to ensure its clients still have access to fresh, local food.

Curtis Dewitt started coming to the Oshkosh Area Community Pantry within the last year.

“We've been on some hard times for the past few months,” he says. “Just keeping food in our house has been trouble with the amount of paychecks we get and everything else, so this has been really helpful.”

He says he appreciates OACP’s options for fresh food.

“I’ve been

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