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Seniors encouraged to apply for food packs

Known more commonly as the Great Plains Food Bank Senior Food Pack Program, the Commodity Supplemental Nutrition Program (CSFP) is a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that supplies individuals aged 60 and over with incomes less than 130 percent of the federal poverty line with nutritionally based, shelf-stable food packages.

The Great Plains Food Bank currently operates the program inside 26...