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USDA extends Round 5 food box contracts
USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box contracts have been extended through April. USDA communications director Matt Herrick said AMS told...
Food box future on new Ag Secretary Vilsack’s plate
With President Biden’s Agriculture Secretary nomination Tom Vilsack expected to be confirmed Feb. 23, it’s worth looking at what we’ll...
Liberty Fruit’s long-term food box experience
Liberty Fruit Co., BB #:105664 has had a USDA Farmers to Families Food Box contract from the beginning, and while it’s been...
Pacific Coast Fruit acquires NW rival
Portland, OR-based Pacific Coast Fruit BB #:100777 has acquired rival Northwest Specialty Produce, Inc., BB #:166976 Seattle. According to the...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – January 29, 2021
Pamela and Greg talk food boxes and the FDA’s investigation into last fall’s E. coli outbreaks. Was the determination total...
USDA’s food box price focus
Many thought the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program would expire at the end of the year, or at...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – January 22, 2021
Pamela and Greg discuss the latest in the Farmers to Families Food Box program, why AOC was at the Hunts...
USDA releases Round 5 Farmers to Families Food Box contracts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced it has approved contracts for the additional purchase of Farmers to Families Food...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – January 8, 2021
The produce industry was surprised with another round of the Farmers to Families Food Box program, Greg and Pamela talk...
A look at the food box future
In this hyper-political era, politics seem to affect everything, and the USDA Farmers to Families food box program is no...
USDA announces $1.5 billion for another round of food boxes
PRESS RELEASE: (Washington, D.C., January 4, 2021) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
San Antonio catering company embraces food box responsibility
When USDA’s 4th round of its Farmers to Families Food Box contracts were released at the end of October, some...
Boston wholesaler disappointed to lose food box contract
Costa Fruit & Produce Company BB #:101237 Boston, MA, was among the produce companies who got shut out of round...
The Produce Reporter Week in Review – November 6, 2020
Pamela breaks vacation to join Greg to talk about the latest USDA food box news. She also received some pineapple...
Many firms lost big food box contracts in Round 4
USDA made significant changes to the companies supplying Farmers to Families Food Boxes for round 4, which runs in November...
Florida grower-shipper will work 24-7 to fill $68MM food box contract
It may seem like a huge step up to go from packing 12,000 food boxes to 1.7 million from round...
USDA releases contract list for Round 4 of the Farmers to Families Food Box Program
Following U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue’s authorization of up to an additional $500 million for the Farmers to Families...
Missouri distributor plans big USDA food box expansion
Proffer Wholesale Produce, Inc., BB #:105572 Park Hills, MO, moved from packing about 30,000 boxes of fresh produce a week...
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