Myths Busted About Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
December 9, 2020
The pandemic has forced states to become creative when regulating this sector. Here’s how some are using innovation to manage.
Consumers still want fresh produce. Despite roadblocks thrown up by coronavirus, the produce industry is finding new ways to deliver the goods.
Balance of the $3 billion authorized for coronavirus aid set to be spent. Check out the details.
Feeling food chain impacts from coronavirus, Europeans are proposing a transformation to the continent’s farming that may ripple around the world.
The Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers association is urging caution on new guidance that allows employees to continue working after testing positive for coronavirus but are asymptomatic.
Free webinar series to share content originally planned for conference postponed due to COVID-19.
USDA announces details of direct assistance to produce farmers through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Meanwhile, ornamental growers wait for word.
USDA recently approved $1.2 billion in contracts through its Farmers to Families Food Box Program in a continued response to the coronavirus crisis. While the move is positive, it’s not without some controversy.
The industry’s health status heading into 2021 is anyone’s guess right now. But here are a few things that could change based on what we’ve seen so far.
USDA is making good on its promise to move at lightning speed to implement the new Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP).
Replenishment of the dollars available for the program is expected this week, but even that $300 billion-plus boost could get snapped up quickly.
Despite a glut of news stories about farmers putting their workers at risk of infection, many growers are going the extra mile to keep their teams safe.
A group of horticulture organizations has launched a web portal that shows the current open/closed/restricted status of growers, greenhouse operations, and retailers across the country.