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Fresh Produce and Milk Go to Waste Even as People Need Food Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Posted by Jeffrey Goettsch on April 21, 2020

Forum / April 16, 2020

Even as food banks are seeing more demand than ever, some California farmers are dumping milk and letting produce rot. The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted how we eat and in turn, how food is distributed.

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