Rep. Tonko Presses USDA on Unfair Distribution of COVID Aid for Capital Region Farms
March 26, 2021
March 26, 2021
AMSTERDAM, New York, March 26 -- Rep. Paul D. Tonko, D-New York, issued the following news release:
Congressman Paul D. Tonko is calling on U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to explain why disproportionate amounts of federal COVID funding went to large farms in the Midwest and elsewhere with a greater focus on row crops, reducing the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) funding available to other types of agricultural operations including the family farms an . . .
Congressman Paul D. Tonko is calling on U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to explain why disproportionate amounts of federal COVID funding went to large farms in the Midwest and elsewhere with a greater focus on row crops, reducing the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) funding available to other types of agricultural operations including the family farms an . . .