The USDA and chair of the Senate Ag Committee have announced details of a $400 million dairy donation program.
Deputy Secretary Dr. Jewel Bronaugh says the program uses pandemic assistance to reimburse dairy processors and handlers for milk donations made, retroactive to January 2020. “It reduces food waste, makes sure farmers are paid for the food they produce, and provides nutritious dairy products to American families,” she explains.
Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan tells Brownfield the program expands a pilot created in the 2018 Farm Bill modeled after Michigan Milk Producers Association donated tens of thousands of gallons of excess milk during the Flint water crisis.
