USDA plans to purchase up to 14-million dollars worth of dark meat chicken products for federal food nutrition assistance programs - including food banks. U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says this purchase will help poultry producers who are experiencing an increase in dark meat cold storage inventories and a decreasing wholesale price.
Each year - USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service purchases a variety of high quality, nutritious food products to support food service programs - including the National School Lunch Program, the Summer Food Service Program and the Emergency Food Assistance Program.
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