What a farce....affordable food programs for New Yorkers in need!!!! They already said there’s no shortage (a surplus)so what’s the big deal? I do believe people can survive if they don’t get “grape juice” - for whatever reason...Can’t tell you the last time I bought grape juice... “We help the grape growers now and the grape growers help us in our reelection.”
“”Gillibrand also pushed the $18 million subsidy as a “healthy” food program.
“This additional USDA funding will support our upstate New York grape growers and is a key step towards ensuring competitiveness while stabilizing prices for farmers,” Sen. Gillibrand said in the release. “Purchasing the surplus juice for our nutritional assistance programs across the state reaffirms our commitment to essential healthy affordable food programs for New Yorkers in need.””
Isn’t this the same as dumping?