Pandemic Ag Reaction Pt 2
Wednesday Jan 13th, 2021 I’m Bob Larson. For all the negative 2020 brought, it could have been much worse in ag if not for the hard work of the Farm Bill Alliance. At last week’s virtual Potato Expo, members talked about the importance of helping growers survive.
United Fresh Produce CEO, Tom Stenzel says they brought their message and the data to the table …
STENZEL … “It’s been in the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), direct payments to growers. It’s been in the Farmers to Families Food Box Program, so there’ve been a lot of different ways that funding has come in. It’s not everything we need, but it was quite a testament to how the industry can work together under a crisis.”
Pandemic Ag Reaction Pt 1
Tuesday Jan 12th, 2021 I’m Bob Larson. With all the challenges brought on by the pandemic in 2020, agriculture pulled together as best they could to weather the storm.
At last week’s virtually held Potato Expo, representatives from different specialty crop groups in the Farm Bill Alliance sat down to discuss those obstacles.
United Fresh Produce CEO, Tom Stenzel says it was different from the start …
STENZEL … “It gave us the natural ability to align the industry again. And, as usual, the COVID crisis affected people differently. Growers in Florida were not able to sell product, they were dumping product. Certainly, the potato industry was affected long-term as well with contracts being canceled.”