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To: Food and Nutrition Service USDA Pam Miller, Rachel Bishop, Roberto Contreras,Emily Buday
Stop Food Waste and Help Get Food to the Hungry!
The New York Times reported our farmers are forced to destroy thousands of pounds of food due to the closure of schools, hotels and restaurants. It is too costly for them to reroute the food to food banks and pantries at their own expense. The Federal government should support the farmers by purchasing the food and provide a means for this excess food to get to the thousands of people in need.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-destroying-food.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR31CufTA2jFn5wwiDEeXGToQau8Glc_eVEDBKAy62YRrddRx7Vyjcg5R9s
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-destroying-food.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR31CufTA2jFn5wwiDEeXGToQau8Glc_eVEDBKAy62YRrddRx7Vyjcg5R9s
Why is this important?
The article states, "The amount of waste is staggering. The nation’s largest dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America, estimates that farmers are dumping as many as 3.7 million gallons of milk each day. A single chicken processor is smashing 750,000 unhatched eggs every week.
And the costs of harvesting, processing and then transporting produce and milk to food banks or other areas of need would put further financial strain on farms that have seen half their paying customers disappear. Exporting much of the excess food is not feasible either, farmers say, because many international customers are also struggling through the pandemic and recent currency fluctuations make exports unprofitable."
We need to stand together during this pandemic and make sure food gets to the millions of hungry citizens in our country.
We need to support our farmers!
Tell the Federal Government to stop this waste and give back to the hungry while supporting our farmers.
And the costs of harvesting, processing and then transporting produce and milk to food banks or other areas of need would put further financial strain on farms that have seen half their paying customers disappear. Exporting much of the excess food is not feasible either, farmers say, because many international customers are also struggling through the pandemic and recent currency fluctuations make exports unprofitable."
We need to stand together during this pandemic and make sure food gets to the millions of hungry citizens in our country.
We need to support our farmers!
Tell the Federal Government to stop this waste and give back to the hungry while supporting our farmers.