The Hill

Ending the food box program was the right move

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 ...
Agri-Pulse

Food box redux: Getting fresh produce to food banks with less federal funding

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 ...
Agri-Pulse

Vilsack cancels Food Box program, citing cost, inefficiencies

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 ...
PBS

Wisconsin Tribal Elder Food Box Program Faces Unsure Future

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 ...
KSBW The Central Coast

Fresh food box program resumes in Salinas after funding reversal

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 ...
WGAL

New guidelines make more Pennsylvanians eligible for Senior Food Box Program

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 ...