The Agriculture Director for the state of Michigan says the pandemic brought to light how fragile the food supply chain is.

Gary McDowell tells Brownfield as soon as the prospect of food shortages was identified, his department went to work coordinating with surrounding states and food processors.

“At first I think there were weekly calls to our stakeholders on what we could do working together, helping each other, and we got through it.”

Those calls also led to connecting food banks throughout the state directly to food producers.

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