WASHINGTON, June 23, 2023 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack revealed today that the Biden-Harris Administration is offering $2.7 billion to support American farmers, trainees who take part in school meal programs and emergency situation food operations.
With financing offered through USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation, the Department will supply almost $1.3 billion for states to acquire foods to be dispersed to schools for their meal programs and almost $1 billion for states to purchase products from USDA suppliers for emergency situation food suppliers, like food banks and neighborhood kitchen areas, as they deal with high need and supply chain disturbances. The financial investment belongs to USDA’s wider efforts to make healthy food grown by American manufacturers more available for households and trainees.
USDA is likewise providing approximately $400 million for grants to support domestic fertilizer production capability and lower expenses for manufacturers.
“American farming has actually continued to be durable in the face of substantial and unforeseeable difficulties,” stated Secretary Vilsack. “To assist alleviate the concern of these obstacles, USDA is doing something about it and offering extra assistance for manufacturers and food program operators. Today’s thorough set of financial investments will assist manufacturers by increasing product purchases for schools and emergency situation food companies and supporting broadened domestic fertilizer capability to reduce expenses. Dealing with these obstacles will much better prepare USDA, American manufacturers, and the consumers we serve for the future.”
Food Purchases for School Meals:
USDA is supplying almost $1.3 billion to states and areas to buy domestic foods to be dispersed to schools, bringing the overall quantity of extra product assistance for school meals to almost $3.8 billion considering that December 2021. This extra financing is required to resolve raised food and labor expenses that will continue to impact school meal programs into the 2023-2024 academic year, wh