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(JACKIE USEY) JACKIE USEY. I AM WITH AN ORGANIZATION
CALLED SOCIETY OF ST. ANDREW. WE WORK WITH FARMERS SIMPLY
TO SALVAGE NON-MARKETABLE OR EXCESS PRODUCE.
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BUT IF YOU CUT INTO THIS POTATO, IT'S A PERFECTLY GOOD POTATO
ON THE INSIDE. IT'S JUST COSMETICALLY IMPERFECT,
STILL EDIBLE, AND NO REASON THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHOULD NOT
BE GOING TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.
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GARBER FARMS IN IOTA, LOUISIANA, HAD 27,000 POUNDS
OF SWEET POTATOES THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO DONATE
TO OUR ORGANIZATION, SO I GOT TOGETHER WITH LSU AND GOT A
GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS FROM LSU TO COME OUT AND HELP US BAG
THE POTATOES AND THEY'RE GOING TO THE BATON ROUGE FOOD BANK.
BY THE TIME WE'RE DONE TODAY AND ALL OF THESE POTATOES
ARE BAGGED, THEY'LL BE AT THE BATON ROUGE FOOD BANK
THIS AFTERNOON, AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY START BEING
DISTRIBUTED TO NEEDY FAMILIES TOMORROW.
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