The Agriculture Department is ending the Farmers to Families Food Box program and shifting to more effective ways of delivering fresh produce and dairy products, says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s temporary Farmers to Families Food Box program will end after its expiration at the end of May when the funding will sunset for the food response program crafted ...
Every time Lula Cooley dropped off food boxes at Black churches or on the doorsteps of low-income senior citizens in Laurel, Mississippi, she was met with jubilation. “‘Acorn squash, sweet corn, green ...
BOXES FOR GOOD....BUT TODAY ABOUT 150 PEOPLE SHOWED UP HERE....TO PICK FOOD THEY HAVE COME TO DEPEND ON. THE FRESH FOOD BOX PROGRAM GETS ITS FUNDING FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES...BUT WHEN THAT MONEY WAS ...
TODAY WAS THE LAST DAY THEY WERE ABLE TO HAND OUT THE WEEKLY BOXES... <NAT POP: LAST DAY FOR BOXES> <FILE 1995, 00:00:23:17 I'M DEPENDENT ON, THE PRODUCE THAT I GET HERE> HUNDREDS OF PRODUCE BOXES CAN ...
Elimination of federal funding is putting strains on a Tribal Elder Food Box program. A Tribal Elder Food Box program launched in Wisconsin during the COVID-19 pandemic has expanded statewide, but ...