2511-0107 Local Food Security and Anti-Hunger Initiatives

For the advancement of community food security and the protection of public access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Our Neighbor's Table, Inc. in the city of Amesbury to provide free groceries to those who are food insecure across the Merrimack valley; provided further, that not less than $62,000 shall be expended for the purchase of kitchen equipment for the emergency shelter in the town of Sudbury; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Rose's Bounty food pantry to help fulfill food insecurity needs for residents of the southwest neighborhood of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Franklin Food Pantry, Incorporated building project; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Medway Village Food Pantry, Inc. building project; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Medway Community Farm, Inc. in the town of Medway; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the coastal foodshed initiative in the greater New Bedford region to promote and grow the local food access economy and distribution channels for locally grown food; provided further, that not less than $90,000 shall be expended for Greater Lynn Senior Services, Inc. for programming related to the Phoenix Food Hub in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for Healthy Waltham, Inc.; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for Fenway Civic Association, Inc. for the Fenway Cares mutual aid initiative, including administrative costs, to distribute fresh food and supplies to food-insecure Fenway residents; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Growing Places for the operation of the north central food processing center; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Martha's Vineyard Fishermen's Preservation Trust for the operation and expansion of the seafood donation program, and for otherwise supporting the fishing industry on Martha's Vineyard; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen, Inc. to provide food aid and additional services; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the Braintree Holidays - Friends, Inc. located at the Margin Crispin center in the city known as the town of Braintree; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the purchase of a trailer to house the Chelmsford food pantry; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for Acton Community Supper and Food Pantry, Inc. to make improvements to its facility; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for World Farmers, Inc. to improve its agricultural production; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Centro Las Americas Inc. for the operation of its food pantry program; provided further, that not less than $85,000 shall be expended to the Charles River Regional Chamber, Inc. to provide grants, in coordination with the Brookline Chamber of Commerce, Inc., to independent restaurants located in the city of Newton and the town of Brookline to supply prepared meals and other food products to food banks serving the city of Newton and the town of Brookline and to senior and other programs addressing food insecurity needs of individuals in the city of Newton and the town of Brookline; provided further, that not less than $50,000 of such funds shall be allocated for grants to independent restaurants in the city of Newton; provided further, that not less than $35,000 of such funds shall be allocated for grants to independent restaurants in the town of Brookline; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Wellesley Food Pantry, Inc. for programming and supports for food insecure families and individuals in the town of Wellesley; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to Somebody Cares New England, Inc. in the city of Haverhill for the operation of its food pantry and to combat food insecurity in the community; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the Regional Environmental Council, Inc. to support programs and operations; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for food services at the Veterans Food Bank in the city known as the town of Winthrop; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for food services at the Grace Church Federated in the East Boston section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for food services at the Friday Night Supper Program, Inc. in the Back Bay section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for food services at the Women's Lunch Place, Inc. in the Back Bay section of the city of Boston; provided further, that not less than $10,000 shall be expended for the food pantry at the First Congregational Church of Revere in the city of Revere; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to the Lower Cape Outreach Council, Inc. for food pantry renovations and improvements; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for Harvest on Vine's food pantry in the Charlestown section of the city of Boston to provide food resources and services; provided further, that not less than $45,000 shall be expended for the food pantry run by the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul located behind Saint Joseph church in the town of Lincoln; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for capital equipment to facilitate the acquisition and distribution of locally sourced agricultural and fish products by the Open Door food pantry serving the cities of Gloucester and Lynn and the towns of Rockport, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Ipswich, Rowley, Topsfield, Boxford, Hamilton and Wenham and by Our Neighbors' Table, Inc. serving the cities of Amesbury and Newburyport, the town of Salisbury and other communities in northeastern Essex county; provided further, that not less than $30,000 shall be expended to Ginny's Helping Hand, Inc. for infrastructure upgrades; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended to the Lunenburg Community Food Pantry, Inc. for infrastructure upgrades; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the operation of the Catholic Charities food pantry in the city of Lynn; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended for Food Link, Inc. to address food insecurity in the city of Woburn and the towns of Arlington, Billerica, Burlington and Lexington; and provided further, that not less than $75,000 shall be expended for the West Bridgewater food pantry