USDA Providing $2.7 Billion for Farmers, School Meal Programs and Emergency Food Operations
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Biden-Harris Administration would provide $2.7 billion to support American farmers, students participating in school meal programs, and emergency food operations.
Via the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation, the USDA will provide just shy of $1.3 billion for states to purchase foods to be distributed to schools for their meal programs and nearly $1 billion for states to order commodities from USDA vendors for emergency food providers, like food banks and community kitchens, as they face high...
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