$2 Million in Food Aid for Families Hurt by Crop-Killing Freeze Planned
WASHINGTON — Up to $2 million in emergency food assistance to aid needy San Joaquin Valley families hit by last winter’s crop-killing freeze will be provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the federal agency announced.
Jobless residents of Tulare, Fresno and Kern counties will be the first to receive allocations of canned goods and dairy products from government storehouses without regard to possible alien status, the USDA said.
Sen. John Seymour (R-Calif.) said he was extremely pleased that the USDA had moved promptly to offer food assistance after he wrote a letter to the federal agency this week.
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