USDA partnership to buy California-farmed food amid inflation
The federal government will channel $43 million into efforts to purchase and distribute locally grown food from California’s underserved farmers and producers, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Wednesday in Woodland. …Vilsack also highlighted several initiatives that will provide relief to farmers over the coming years. Congress recently provided USDA with $10 billion to distribute to farmers struggling due to climate-related disasters — funds that could be especially useful in the Golden State, where wildfires burn for months every year.