Joins soledad to talk about his new book. Soledad why is the title i dont want to die poor . Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. The coronavirus is breaking parts of the nations Food Supply Chain. Meat processing plants around the country have shut down as workers contract covid19. Other Food Processors are cutting back because large buyers, like schools and restaurants, are closed. Some farmers are now forced to dump milk, destroy crops, and slaughter their animals, while we see people turning to overwhelmed food banks across the country. Our correspondent Jessica Gomez has more. Jessica well, soledad, the u. S. Department of agriculture is still working out details of its coronavirus Food Assistance program. It includes 16 billion in direct payments to farmers; another 3 billon will be used to get food from the farms to food banks and other nonprofits. While the usda acknowledges it wont nearly be enough, for already cashstrapped farmers, the help cant come soon eno
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