Small ag producers raised their concerns on how USDA programs can adapt to better meet their needs serving local food communities during a recent House Ag Subcommittee hearing.
Tianna Kennedy grows vegetables and small grains and is the owner of The 607 CSA which is a multi-farm CSA in New York that has been growing up to 50 percent annually for several years.
Unfortunately, Kennedy says it seems consumers are going back to ‘normal’ and forgetting small producers who supported them in their time of need and scaled up to meet a market that’s diminishing.
