Your Economy (No Politics)

[VH Gambler]

Back in the late 80's, early 90's our church was approached by a Christian organization that provided low-cost food. Nothing requiring refrigeration but lots of dairy, cereals, fresh vegetables, canned vegetables and canned meats.
My wife and I decided to take on the project. We had a community center available for the program. At first, it was once a month: a truck would show up, volunteers would unload and the food would be divided into boxes for the participants. The volunteers were from the participating families.
The food was good, but it was food that had to be taken home and prepared.
The government "surplus" food was mainly dairy products such as cheese, butter, canned milk and dried "instant" milk. Occasionally, we would get government canned chicken and canned pork.
Two or three people to organize and maintain the program and a small space was all that was required.

Government programs don't have to be top heavy bureaucracies. They just grow up that way.