food relief initiative that pays restaurants to prepare meals for those in need and source food from local farms

In Rural Vermont, Food Relief Program Is Eyed as Model
Brattleboro, a town of about 11,000 in southern Vermont, was the first municipality in the state to roll out the program as overseen by the Southeast Vermont Community Action agency. Using federal CARES Act funds distributed through a grant from the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, the organization pays local restaurants $10 per meal for those in need, with the stipulation that 10 percent of the food must be sourced from local farms.
Source: The Daily Yonder

https://dailyyonder.com/in-rural-vermont-food-relief-program-is-eyed-as-model/2020/09/08/