Tens of millions of pounds of American-grown produce is rotting in fields as food banks across the country scramble to meet a massive surge in demand, a two-pronged disaster that has deprived farmers of billions of dollars in revenue while millions of newly jobless Americans struggle to feed their families.
While other federal agencies quickly adapted their programs to the coronavirus crisis, the Agriculture Department took more than a month to make its first significant move to buy up surplus fruits and vegetables — despite repeated entreaties.
Link: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/26/food-banks-coronavirus-agriculture-usda-207215
entire Kingdom of Mara Lago.
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Federal government can’t run shit. State and local governments are much more responsive.
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His POS dead beat state has been carried by NY and other "Donner" states ever since he came into the Senate.
residents.
ever since he was in the Senate.
You definitely deserve most of the blame.
farms from donating said food. 2) the government made dollars available to just about everyone, so the farms could have remained in working order via one of the loans 3) a lot of food purchases have moved from restaurants to grocery stores, but I'm guessing these farms had all of their eggs in the restaurant basket 4) comments like this "A handful of states, including Florida and California, set up online clearinghouses to try to match up excess food with need in their area, but the high volumes of surplus produce often can’t be absorbed by local food banks alone, making national distribution important for making even a dent in the waste." make me wonder if this is a supply or demand issue.