Trump Authorizing Another $1 Billion for Food Box Program

Trump Authorizing Another $1 Billion for Food Box Program
President Donald Trump speaks at Flavor 1st Growers & Packers in Mills River, North Carolina, on Aug. 24, 2020. Brian Blanco/Getty Images
Isabel van Brugen
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President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 24 that his administration is authorizing an additional $1 billion to a food distribution program that pairs struggling producers and American families strongly impacted by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program, Farmers to Families Food Box, which first kicked off in May, ensures the delivery of billions of dollars worth of fruit, vegetables, and other farm products that might have gone to waste because of the pandemic, to food banks and nonprofits that serve the needy.
Isabel van Brugen
Isabel van Brugen
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Isabel van Brugen is an award-winning journalist. She holds a master's in newspaper journalism from City, University of London.
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