Iowa’s largest pork producer is launching a program in all 99 Iowa counties that aims to feed protein-packed sandwiches to needy children. Allyson Ladd is marketing specialist for Iowa Select Farms which is starting what it’s calling the Power Snack program.
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The program is now going statewide after it had been tried as a pilot program in several Iowa communities.

Ladd says recent studies find one in eight children in Iowa are food insecure, meaning they’re not sure where their next meal may be coming from.
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Ladd says those coupons are for $5 for a pound of shaved ham and a $3 coupon that will get them a loaf of whole wheat bread.