In the News ... "Op-Ed: Cuts by Texas Department of Agriculture hurt all during Covid-19 Pandemic"

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• Experts have expressed concern that situation will continue to take its toll on communities

Susan Goodell, CEO, El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank, Contributor
• El Paso Herald-Post

EL PASO, TEXAS - El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank, along with food banks across the nation, are seeing record need for food and funding in order to serve our most vulnerable neighbors during the COVID-19 health crisis. A health crisis that has also resulted in economic crises across the board in every community in the country.

The recent funding cut by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) only further exacerbates the crisis as it harms two populations hardest hit by the impacts of the pandemic, those who have lost their jobs and struggling farmers ...

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