194. White House Addresses Meat Industry Consolidation & USDA Announces $1.4 Billion in Grants for Food Workers and Small Businesses

The White House announced its intent to address the effects meat processing industry consolidation on consumers, farmers and ranchers. Then, USDA announced $700 million for the COVID-19 Farmworker and Food Worker Relief Grant Program and $650 million in Pandemic Response and Safety Grants for small business producers. Also, the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board issued a bulletin enforcing minimum prices for USDA milk purchases.   Hosted by Audry Thompson, Research Assistant—With Brook Duer, Staff Attorney—Produced & Written by Audry Thompson Material from the Agricultural Law Weekly Review—Week Ending September 10, 2021   Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law https://aglaw.psu.edu/  Follow us on Twitter @AgShaleLaw  Like us on Facebook Penn State Center for Agricultural and Shale Law This material is based upon work supported by the National Agricultural Library, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Music is "Caazapá (Aire Popular Paraguayo)" by Edson Lopes is licensed under CC BY 3.0. Photo by Mark Stebnicki from Pexels