USDA wants to help farmers feed families, but advocates and lawmakers say it's not enough.
on Friday asking that the USDA prioritize options for the program that will reduce food waste and allow producers and food banks to be flexible in adapting contracts to provide a variety of seasonal products.
"Even in the best of times there's enormous amounts of food waste happening upstream at the point of production or the farm level," she said, citing"The reason why we're in this mess is because there's so many intermediary points and excess food and it's hard for excess food to get to the people in need in a straightforward manner," Balkan said.
The USDA "Farmers to Families" program would pay farmers to box up produce, dairy, and meat, to deliver to food banks.Balkan said she's still concerned prefilled boxes won't stop all food from being wasted if producers aren't matched up with organizations to distribute the food or if the contents of the boxes don't match the foods families need.
"I think these type of programs have the opportunity to develop the business as trustees and the supply chain expertise for businesses to really make good money innovating input distribution. It is a way, also, to diversify our food supply chain structure," he told ABC News.
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