The Guthrie County Board of Supervisors met Thursday.

They heard a presentation from Hunger Free Iowa Initiative Community Resource Specialist Sallie Myers. She is traveling around the state trying to organize leaders in each county in the fight against hunger. Myers says nearly 12 percent of residents and 20 percent of children in Guthrie County are food insecure. That means they don’t know where their next meal is going to come from. Meeting with the Supervisors is Myers’ first step in implementing the program in Guthrie County. She has future meetings scheduled with Public Health Administrator Jotham Arber and representatives from Guthrie County Extension. After she meets with community leaders, Myers says the next step in implementing the Hunger Free Iowa Initiative in Guthrie County will be scheduling a public Hunger Dialogue meeting.