TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran said Kansas’ status as breadbasket to the nation cannot spare it from food deserts jeopardizing well-being of families without access to affordable, healthy and convenient grocery options.
Moran, a Kansas Republican who co-chairs the Senate’s hunger caucus, said isolation and disruption driven by the COVID-19 pandemic amplified fragility of the grocery pipeline and the reality of food insecurity in Kansas and elsewhere. A reasonable response, he said, would be adoption of federal legislation authorizing one-time tax credits or grants to…
