Farmers of color have experienced historic discrimination in the loan process from the county offices.

When I think of sustainability in the livestock sector, I think of Will Harris of White Oak Pastures in my district down in Georgia.

That means we need to strengthen the inspection regime.

The scalable solutions is important to me, because I would like to know what we can do to help encourage the local and the regional processing infrastructure.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Ranking Member Thompson. Thank you both for holding this hearing.

It is beyond ridiculous, Madam Chairwoman, that we prohibit them from buying hot food while allowing them to purchase the same food if it was at a lower temperature.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Thompson, for having this very important hearing today.

the current situation in Ukraine... has only compounded the global food crisis by intensifying the need for humanitarian assistance, and by reducing global supplies of wheat, cooking oil, and fertilizer.

We are hoping that in the future we can work with the Committee to come up with a solution to address this base issue.

Through the Fiscal Year 2022 agriculture appropriations bill, USDA is going to receive significant investments to research sustainable agriculture systems.

I am proud to partner with Representatives Grace Meng and Brian Fitzpatrick earlier this year to introduce the SNAP PLUS Act of 2021 (H.R. 6338), which will fix this loophole in our social safety network.

Thank you very much for your strong support of specialty crop farmers and the agents and loss adjustors who serve them.