Show Feeding Deer Prompts Group to Organize by Ray Gottfredson Journalism Utah's recent deer feeding program program pro pro- r gram has prompted Against Hunger to challenge challenge chal chal- r lenge the legislature to appropriate money for feeding the states state's hungry people The legislature should treat people peo peo- pie pl as well as the deer according to Tamara Wharton senior nutrition advocate at Were challenging ing the state legislature to expend the same amount of money to people as they're providing to the deer U AH a private profit non-profit advocacy advocacy r cacy center established to eliminate hunger and malnutrition in Utah is not against the deer feeding program pro pro- gram We just think legislators should have the same consideration for forr people Wharton added According to Wharton hunger has been on the rise in the state Utah Job Service estimates that over state residents earn in income income income in- in come below poverty level The same statistics show that the number of people receiving food stamps jumped from in 81 to in 83 Food stamps only provide an average average average av av- av- av of 47 cents per person per permeal permeal permeal meal added Wharton We have people in our office every week who basically have nothing A bill pre-filed pre by State Representative Representative Representative Blaze Wharton on Jan 23 would if provide to feed Utah's hungry people The bill calls for allocating the money to the State Department of Economics and Community C Development The money would be distributed to local food pantries which would then distribute distribute distribute dis dis- dis- dis tribute it to people in need of assistance assistance assistance assis assis- tance throughout Utah |