Farmers to Families Food Box

The USDA's Farmers to Families Food Box Program was scheduled to wrap up at the end of October, following three rounds of food acquisition and distribution. "But we thought is was so popular that we're continuing in November and December through the end of the year," Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue recently announced there will be a 4th round of Farmers to Families which he calls a Win-Win-Win

On Tuesday, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue announced that more than 100 million food boxes have been distributed through the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. Perdue stated, “It is incredible to think that in a little more than five months, this food box program has gone from an idea to a reality that has provided more than 100 million boxes of nutritious foods.” ...

The USDA has announced contracts for the third round of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. "USDA is partnering with national, regional, and local suppliers whose workforce have been impacted by the closure of restaurants, hotels, and other food service businesses," Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue said recently during a Zoom meeting ...

Under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, better known as CFAP, the USDA's AMS runs the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. "As of this week we will have delivered about 80 million boxes of food to 10,000 charities around the United States and the four territories," noted AMS administrator Bruce Summers ...

On Monday President Trump announced an additional $1 billion for the Farmers to Families Food Box program. The USDA announced the program earlier this year, along with $3 billion in funding to help farmers and consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

The USDA announced this week it is moving forward with a third round of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. "We're on our third traunch beginning here the first of August there. We've done two; one was in May and June, the other was June and July and now we'll do one through really probably October ...

USDA's Farmers to Families Food Box Program started in May, indented to help not only hungry Americans, but the farm community devastated by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. "We have contracted with about 200 suppliers to provide food boxes to 501c3 and governmental organizations in different styles of distribution events, but mostly trunk-to-trunk style distribution events," sai

The USDA says the Farmers to Families Food Box program has distributed more than 20 million food boxes to families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Tuesday’s announcement, Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue stated, “This milestone is a testament that the program is accomplishing what we intended, supporting U.S. farmers ...

On Wednesday, the USDA announced the extension of contract to venders in the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. USDA is exercising the option to extend contracts for current distributors for the next performance period, July 1 through August 30, for up to $1 ...

USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program has been helpful to producers in states like Mississippi. "Our boxes contain sweet potatoes from Ponotoc, MS,  from Fury Eagles and NW Farms, chicken nuggets from Cook Foods in Morton, MS, ham and smoked sausage from Poke’s Meat in McGee, MS, and  Cook chicken strips from southern New Hands in Mosell MS," noted Andy Mercier from local partner