Cash in lieu of commodities is cash provided to food program operators (e.g.,
elderly nutrition programs, child care food programs, and some school food programs) instead of
mandated
commodity assistance. Meal program operators receive funding instead of
commodities
In economics, a commodity is an economic good, usually a resource, that specifically has full or substantial fungibility: that is, the market treats instances of the good as equivalent or nearly so with no regard to who produced them.
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to buy whatever foods they need to operate their meal service programs.
References
Cash
Welfare
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