USDA is Ending COVID-era Regional Food Business Centers

The Trump administration is putting an end to a COVID-era USDA program.

The department launched Regional Food Business Centers in 2023 to help small and mid-sized farmers.
Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says that they were created with one-time funding from Congress.

However, the previous administration says that they were meant to build lasting resilience in our food system.

Jenny Lester Moffitt, senior fellow at the American Farmland Trust and a former USDA Undersecretary, played a key role in launching those centers.

She spoke with RFD-TV’s own Suzanne Alexander about her understanding of the program, what the end of the centers means, and how their goals changed post-COVID.

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