Over two years after the pandemic, USDA announced nearly $671 million in grants will be available for frontline workers including farmworkers, meatpacking workers and grocery store workers as part of the Food Workers Relief Grant Program. USDA selected 15 grant recipients to distribute the one-time $600 payment to agriculture workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program, which is administered by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service, will use funding to provide relief to farmworkers and meatpacking workers who incurred pandemic-related health and safety costs. Funding is also…
