The House Thursday passed the Farm Bill, which includes two items directly related to Georgia’s billion-dollar poultry industry.
Among other provisions, the measure prohibits school lunch programs from purchasing poultry products from China.
It also designates the U.S. National Poultry Research Center located in Athens as the U.S. Abit Massey National Poultry Research Center in honor of the late Gainesville resident and longtime Executive Director of the Georgia Poultry Federation.
Last year, Rep. Andrew Clyde, whose district includes Gainesville, co-sponsored south Georgia Rep. Buddy Carter’s bill to name the USDA facility after Massey. Learn more HERE.
by a vote of 224-200: