Schakowsky Sends Letter to Vilsack on Food Banks

by Gary Kopycinski on January 13, 2012

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WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 12, 2012. Yesterday Rep. Jan Schakowsky sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to make sure that USDA is utilizing all possible resources to make bonus and specialty crop purchases of nutritious food such as beans, corn cream, and potatoes to benefit The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and support our nation’s food banks.