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Food Pantries Struggle With Meat, Milk as USDA Triples Food Buys

by Christopher Walljasper July 22, 2019November 7, 2019

Since the USDA began buying meat, produce and dairy from U.S. farmers last fall, the food people receive from food pantries has been more fresh and nutritious. But it’s also presented challenges for those who get the food from growers’ fields to dinner tables across the country.

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