With the government shutdown threatening to disrupt food assistance programs , Feeding South Dakota received a timely donation from the South Dakota Farmers Union – 35,000 pounds of pork.

The donation, which happened Oct. 17, couldn't have come at a better time, Hailey Srtska, Feeding South Dakota's vice president of operations, said in a news release .

“Protein is in high demand for the guests we serve because it is at an all-time high in the grocery store and we do not have access to protein like we typically do because of federal commodity food cuts to our program,” Srtska said. “And with the government shutdown we expect our lines of guests to grow.”

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