FSA Goes to the City

 It seems if you can't keep them down on the farm, FSA has been directed to follow them to the city.

Apparently the 2018 farm bill included provisions for establishing county committees for urban areas.  I missed the first announcement in August of the establishment of committees for these cities:

• Albuquerque, N.M.
• Cleveland, Ohio
• Philadelphia, Pa.
• Portland, Ore.
• Richmond, Va.

I did see the notice for these additional cities:

• Atlanta,
• Dallas,
• Minneapolis-St. Paul,
• New Orleans,
• Phoenix,
• St. Louis

Apparently Sen. Stabenow was the force behind the effort.  I'm not sure of the logic of stretching USDA agencies into the city, as opposed to stretching HUD into agriculture.  Lots to learn her.