As I shared with you in my last newsletter, the USDA is asking for growers feedback from growers who have been negetly affected by COVID-19. Debbie Hamrick the Director of Specialty Crops with NC Farm Bureau and NCDA&CS have come up with a way for you to report while protecting your privacy.
We want to get as much response from affected growers as we can. Note: This survey will close on June 16, 2020 at 5 pm. The survey is not perfect, but it will offer the state a way to get some meaningful, vetted information to the agency (USDA FSA) and a way for our farmers to participate in our government. The more participation we can get the more and better arguments we can make to FSA about how the industry works—we are not row crops and grains and we need to be treated differently.
