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What We’ve Accomplished Together

Food Bank of Iowa at a Glance Thank you!!! Through our partnerships, in FY 2018: We distributed 11,577,718 pounds of donated, purchased grocery products and USDA commodities! In FY 2019 (so far) – We have distributed 13,659,300 lbs! Our partners served 3,327,284 meals and snacks! Our pantry partners served 888,816 individuals!

RETAIL PARTNERS Through our Retail Partnerships from FY 2018: Together we’ve recovered 3,503,966 pounds of food from Aldi, Fareway, Hy-Vee, Kum & Go, Sam’s Club, Wal-Mart, Target, and Trader Joe’s - 30% of total distribution. This is why reporting is crucial!

Benefits of Partnership Pounds distributed with no handling fee FY18 – 6,744,690 lbs - Roughly 58% of total distribution FY19 (so far) – 7,465,311 – Roughly 56% of total distribution More nutritious products Products that fit the categories of Produce, Meat/Fish, Dairy, or Non-meat Proteins FY 18 – Roughly 42% of all products distributed FY 19 (so far) – Roughly 50% of all products distributed

Program Partners Mobile Pantries Youth Programs FY 18 – 2,415,877 lbs distributed through 320 distributions FY 19 (so far) – 2,750,890 lbs distributed 286 distributions Added a temporary mobile pantry in Marshalltown in August of 2018 for tornado victims These work because of the community partners that take on being the boots on the ground They lead to community conversations around solving food insecurity Youth Programs BackPack Program™ at 5,300 student enrollment. Enrollment numbers continue to decline Several programs are transitioning to the school pantry model School Pantries FY 2018 – 452,642 lbs distributed FY 19 (so far) – 768,112 lbs distributed through 75 schools in 29 counties Added 22 new school pantries since FY 2018 & 9 new counties

Benefits of Partnership REAL work is being done to lessen food insecurity in our state! We are ALWAYS proud to call all of you our partners We cannot thank you enough for your partnership!

Trade mitigation

Product Updates- Trade mitigation Currently moving more than twice the amount of USDA food we normally receive (Jan 2018-received 12 loads/Jan 2019-received 24 loads) Trade mitigation is the result of the tariffs introduced by the current administration. In order to stabilize markets and keep farmers working, the administration purchased excess food from these industries and decided to donate it to food banks, this helped alleviate some of the push back from introducing the tariffs.

Trade Mitigation Trade Mitigation Pros: Trade mitigation cons: Additional food, more robust inventory Products we don’t normally have because they are cost-prohibitive: Meat, Milk, and Cheese to name a few Collaboration with other food banks and food pantries to work on distribution and feeding hungry Iowans We have learned more about distribution and have been creative in finding outlets for product Trade mitigation cons: The future of the program is unknown. We only know the program will last through December, beyond that it is unclear. FBOI has worked hard to make changes, updated routes, introduced new processes to work through something that may not continue beyond this year We are receiving millions of dollars’ worth of product, we do not have the budget to continue at that level Until recently, we had not received any additional funds to help cover administrative costs like additional staff, transportation, or processing We still have to follow the same guidelines as other USDA product. For example, if we are not able to distribute everything in time we have to pay for the product, even though there is an incredible amount of food and our partner agencies are at capacity themselves

Trade mitigation Trade Mitigation/USDA Product Update – June 2% Milk Fresh produce: apples, potatoes, oranges Mixed fruit Canned potatoes Vegetable soup Orange juice Dried cranberries Rice Pork loin (frozen) Pork ham (frozen) Canned kidney beans Flour Pistachios Cheese

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