$9.5 Million Awarded for Surplus Apples
From United Press International
WASHINGTON —
The government, acting under a program designed to reduce the apple surplus caused by the Alar scare, awarded $9.5 million to growers to compensate them for giving away 57.5 million pounds of apples Friday.
The apples will go to 56 “non-traditional” outlets, such as ethanol distillers and livestock feeders, in Connecticut, New York, Maine, Pennsylvania, Utah and Washington state.
The Agriculture Department stressed that the apples would not be put into the school lunch program.
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