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Farmers Fight Hunger In June

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We are practically inundated with information about helping people in need of food. 

During the holiday season, anyway. 

But this month is the farthest spot on the calendar from the holiday season. 

It is also the month of a major Oregon food drive; there's onein California as well.

Farmers and Fred Meyer stores are teaming up to bring in supplies for the Oregon Food Bank Network. 

ACCESSin Jackson County maintains a nutrition program; manager Philip Yates joins us. 
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.