Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USDA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/destrucrionofamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destrucrionofamerica</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/inspectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inspectors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/damage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>damage</span></a> Heather Cox Richardson Damage to farms agricultural </p><p>Various recent reports show the cost of the destruction of the government that worked for everyone. Kate Knibbs of Wired reported today that cuts at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have decimated the teams that inspect plant and food imports, creating risks from invasive pests and leaving food to rot as it waits for inspection.</p>