Long Island’s two largest emergency food distributors are joining forces to provide food to federal workers whose paychecks have been frozen due to the monthlong government shutdown — and Nassau County has pledged an extra $50,000 a week to each of them to help their overall efforts during the shutdown.

Nassau County announced on Saturday it would ramp up its funding until the shutdown ends to aid in their effort to provide food assistance for Long Islanders.

On Monday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Island Harvest and Long Island Cares/The Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank will provide fresh produce, proteins and shelf-stable goods to 500 furloughed and unpaid federal employees at Farmingdale State College, according to Long Island Cares CEO Katherine Fritz. Those affected by the Oct. 1 shutdown

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