Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – As the Biden administration sets up shop, many policies initiated by its hard-right predecessor are being targeted for extinction. But agricultural groups and anti-hunger organizations are fighting to keep one they ve come to depend on, which channels food that might otherwise be plowed under to people reeling under the coronavirus pandemic.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture began the Farmers to Families Food Box program last April after many people were shocked to see farmers destroy crops because restaurants and institutions abruptly canceled orders due to the virus even as food banks were crushed by demand from people suddenly out of work.
The programâs funding source is the federal Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. We should not have any issues issuing money to the landlord,â Cabrera added. âWe are poised to roll out this program. We are not going to take our time on this.â
Cabrera said the only issue that OGM might face is the lack of documentation from either the tenants or the landlords.
He said some landlords are operating their rental properties without a business license or are not paying taxes.
Approval will only be made after the tenant and landlord have certified the required documents, Cabrera said.
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