The article I chose was titled “Food waste–and food insecurity–rising amid coronavirus panic” and was written by Elizabeth Royte who is a Contributing Editor to the Food & Environment Reporting Network. My initial thought process when reading the article was “why don’t farmers donate their product rather than let it rot or destroy it?”. The solution however is not as simple, the food supply chain contains many moving elements that are all interconnected. To begin with much of the agricultural sector of the US is propped up and dependent upon immigrant labor, but U.S. immigration policy has constrained visas for workers, subsequently preventing the arrival of 200,000 seasonal migrants from Mexico. Not only will this impact the grocery store shelves in the US, many of the migrants depend upon agricultural work to feed their families as well. Farms are also struggling with how to most efficiently distribute the produce, dairy products, eggs and more to food banks. As Janet Poppendieck, an expert on poverty and food assistance explains “To purchase from a whole new set of farmers and suppliers — it takes time, it takes knowledge, you have to find the people, develop the contracts.” Another issue is the lack of volunteers available to distribute the food at food banks, as the older volunteers who are at higher risk for COVID-19, aren’t showing up to work (rightfully so). On top of this congregating in crowds, whether in soup kitchens, senior centers, or food pantries, is now forbidden in many states, leaving agencies scrambling to find ways to deliver meals to clients sheltering in place. However, it must also be acknowledged that to many of these billion-dollar corporations such as Sanderson Farms, the costs of donating their products may not have as much of an impact on their overall profit as it would on smaller family farms. Thus, making donating their product a much more feasible option. Throughout my research it was fascinating to see how ill-prepared these multi-billion-dollar corporations were for a decrease in profit. It appears that in the US we have paid more attention to and policed the financial security of low wage workers in a way unlike billionaire corporations have been. Unfortunately, the burden of these companies’ financial instability has fallen on the backs of Americans who are already experiencing hardship.