The United States Department of Agriculture is meant to oversee, coordinate, promote and protect farming and livestock food production, agricultural trade, food safety, natural resources, rural communities and — until this year — worked through supplemental food programs to end hunger in the United States and internationally.
Last week, the United States Department of Agriculture announced it would cut about $1 billion in funding that schools and food banks use to buy food directly from local farmers and ranchers.
Who is this for?
Not farmers and ranchers, who are very much part of the real economy.
Not school kids who learn better if they’re not hungry.
Not food-insecure families in need of food bank assistance for a time.
Does it benefit you in any measurable way?
Does it make America better than it was week before last?
Does your Member of Congress know what you think about this?
Source
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/usda-cancels-local-food-purchasing-food-banks-school-meals/
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