美国农业部宣布4.725亿美元食品采购：收购国产农产品供应慈善食物网络与营养援助计划
美国农业部（USDA）10月29日在华盛顿宣布，拟采购最高4.725亿美元的美国本土种植与养殖农产品，分发给慈善食物网络及其他营养援助计划。采购将由农业部农产品营销局（AMS）依「第32条款」权限执行。
农业部长 Brooke L. Rollins 说：「美国的农民、牧场主与渔民生产和收获全世界最安全、最高质量的食物，特朗普总统正确保他们的辛勤劳动得到回报。这笔4.725亿美元投资把美国的牛奶、奶酪、小扁豆、杏仁、大米、鲶鱼等，直接从我们的农场送到有需要的人手中，而不是被浪费掉。」
农业部表示，第32条款采购是其在市场条件吃紧时支持生产者的最直接工具之一，可在市场失衡期稳定价格、纾解生产者困境；采购惠及全国各产区——从北部平原与太平洋西北的豆类种植者，到坚果、葡萄干与柑橘种植者、南方的鲶鱼养殖户、水稻种植者、猪肉与禽肉生产者，乃至西海岸的太平洋无须鳕捕捞船队；同时支撑加工、包装、运输等农村就业岗位。
本轮采购的品种与金额包括：乳制品1.655亿美元、猪肉4100万美元、裂豌豆3700万美元、杏仁3000万美元、小扁豆2900万美元、葡萄干2500万美元、榛子2200万美元、大米2100万美元、鹰嘴豆2000万美元、养殖鲶鱼2000万美元、鸡肉2000万美元、太平洋无须鳕1200万美元、葡萄柚1000万美元、橙子1000万美元、干果混合1000万美元，合计4.725亿美元。采购的「USDA 食品」将提供给农业部食品与营养署的各项营养援助计划。
USDA Announces $472.5 Million Food Purchase to Support U.S. Producers and Strengthen America's Food Supply
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced in Washington on October 29 its intent to purchase up to $472.5 million in American-grown and American-raised agricultural commodities, to be distributed to the charitable food network and other nutrition assistance programs. The purchases will be made by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) under Section 32 authority.
"America's farmers, ranchers, and fishermen grow and harvest the safest, highest-quality food in the world, and President Trump is making sure their hard work is being rewarded," said Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins. "Today's $472.5 million investment moves American milk, cheese, lentils, almonds, rice, catfish, and more, straight from our farms to those in need, rather than being wasted."
USDA said Section 32 purchases are one of its most direct tools for supporting producers when market conditions are tight, helping stabilize commodity markets during periods of imbalance and assisting producers facing economic hardship or sudden disruptions. The dollars reach producers in every region — from pulse growers on the Northern Plains and in the Pacific Northwest, to tree nut, raisin, and citrus growers, catfish farmers in the South, rice growers, pork and poultry producers, and the West Coast's Pacific whiting fleet — and support the processors, packers, haulers, and workers who move food from farm to table.
The purchase list totals $472.5 million: dairy ($165.5 million), pork ($41 million), split peas ($37 million), almonds ($30 million), lentils ($29 million), raisins ($25 million), hazelnuts ($22 million), rice ($21 million), chickpeas ($20 million), farm-raised catfish ($20 million), chicken ($20 million), Pacific whiting ($12 million), grapefruit ($10 million), oranges ($10 million), and dried fruit mix ($10 million). The "USDA Foods" will be provided to the nutrition assistance programs of USDA's Food and Nutrition Service.
来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）
图片来源：图：位于华盛顿的美国农业部总部大楼（素材库 federal-core 固定图）。GSM 素材库。 / The U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters building in Washington. GSM asset library (federal-core pack).
