Project Food Box grew out of the Farmers to Families Food Box program and plans to continue distributing quality fresh produce to food banks and other partners. (courtesy Project Food Box) Early in ...

The well-intentioned federal Farmers to Family Food Box program, created to help families and farmers during the pandemic, is an unnecessarily wasteful program. It would be much better to shift the ...

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 ...

At a recent House hearing, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said that USDA would terminate the Farmers to Family Food Box program. The announcement provoked an outcry from ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nearly 3,000 more older Pennsylvanians are eligible for the Senior Food Box Program under new guidelines.Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8The U.S. Department of Agriculture increased the Federal ...

PITTSBURGH — The staff at the South Hills Salvation Army works hard to make people feel welcome during its weekly food pantry. The week before Thanksgiving, Theresa, 85, enjoyed the buoyant atmosphere ...

The USDA has authorized $500 million for a fourth round of purchases for the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program. As of Oct. 27, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) said it has ...

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