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Chicken, eggs both go first as feds roll out COVID-19 food surplus program

from CP24

Chicken, eggs both go first as feds roll out COVID-19 food surplus program CP24 More than 12 million eggs will be redistributed via an emergency federal program designed to help farmers faced with too much food and nowhere to sell it due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Thursday that the government has signed eight agreements worth nearly $50 million to help align the needs of food banks and other community groups with what farmers and producers can supply. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Bibeau called the program a “win-win-win.” READ MORE

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