Mike Conaway: “Mr. Faso has my commitment to work with him to address the Farm Bureau's concerns to get them to the point that they are…”

I am all for that, but just to have an open-ended check I don't think is necessarily a good idea.

We need to make sure that people that are unemployed, people that are having a tough time, have enough food to take care of their kids.

It is critical and absolutely crucial that food assistance and agriculture development efforts focus on building resilience.

The Farmers to Families Food Box Program (FFFBP) was the victim of a rushed process that included no engagement with current distributors and nonprofits and resulted in cherry-picked contractors who were not qualified.