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Kristen McDonald Rivet: “Michigan's greenhouse growers need [program] help, but they…”

Featuring: Kristen McDonald Rivet, Democratic | U.S. House of Representatives, Michigan, District 8

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'How Are You Thinking About That?': McDonald Rivet Presses Rollins Over Farmers Losing Farms

Published | Video Starts at 04:55

I'm talking about the war. Okay. Oh. On the ascf Greenhouse exclusion. The program provides relief to specialty crop producers that are hurt by tariffs and rising input costs. Michigan's greenhouse growers need [program] help, but they are explicitly excluded. Excluded from the program for no clear reason. It is cold in Michigan. We need our greenhouse farmers. My state has a significant greenhouse industry, growing vegetables, flowers, herbs, and nursery crops. (04:55–05:00)

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Asserts that Michigan's greenhouse growers are excluded from a relief program despite needing help.

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