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Food banks see benefits, challenges in trade aid package

06/12/19 6:20 AM By Jonathan H. Harsch
KEYWORDS Bill Collins Carrie Calvert Feeding America food food bank food purchase and distribution program fpdp God's Pantry Food Bank hunger Jennifer Porter Michael Halligan Second Harvest Food Bank trade mitigation package
Farm sector exports and profits are down sharply as escalating tariffs choke off international trade. Yet one group is benefitting from the tariff wars: over 40 million food insecure Americans who struggle to buy groceries.
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