What To Know About The Protecting Our Produce Act
Political powers are in play to help Georgia produce growers from losing ground to imported fruits and vegetables. Senator Jon Ossoff and Congressman Sanford Bishop recently introduced the Protecting Our Produce Act to help boost resources and support for Georgia specialty crop growers facing unfairly priced imports.
The bicameral bill (click here to read the bill) would establish a five-year pilot program to provide support for certain specialty crop producers — blueberries, squash, bell pepper, cucumber, or asparagus — when a crop’s national average market price (effective price) falls below its five-year average price (reference price), if the difference is caused by imports.
“Georgia family farms are getting buried by unfair crop imports from South and Central America,” Ossoff says. “That’s why we are introducing this bill — to ensure Georgia’s family farms and rural communities can thrive.”
Sam Watson, Oner of Chill C Farms in Moultrie, GA, and President of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, is grateful for the efforts to help level the playing field among increasing produce import pricing pressures. “This program will enhance the competitiveness of Georgia’s growers and help insure we can continue to produce the highest quality fruits and vegetables here at home,” he says.
For more about the Protecting Our Produce Act, continue reading at gfvga.org.
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