I'm a vegetable farmer. This month has been a double-hit. First, 40% of my customers at the local farmers market rely on SNAP. The first week of November, they vanished. Even now that the court ordered the benefits (on the 8th), they're panic-buying canned goods, not my fresh lettuce. Second, I thought, "Fine, I'll donate the produce to the food bank." But here's the policy problem: I rely on the USDA's "Good Samaritan" donation program for the tax deductions that offset my shipping costs. The USDA is closed. No one is processing the deduction paperwork. It is now more expensive for me to haul this food to the food bank than it is to let it rot in the field. #Farmer #SNAPShutdown #FoodWaste #USDA