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Inside one company’s USDA Farmers to Families food box plan

C&C Produce, Inc. BB #:149142 Kansas City, MO, earned a $21 million contract as part of USDA’s Farmers to Families...

5 years ago 2 minute read

USDA files $1.3MM PACA action against Hawaiian firm

WASHINGTON, May 12, 2020 – As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure...

5 years ago 2 minute read

USDA to Host Webinar for Producers Interested in Applying for Direct Payments through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) will host a webinar on...

5 years ago 2 minute read

USDA files PACA action against California company

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2020 – As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure...

5 years ago 2 minute read

United Fresh letter requests accountability for USDA Farmers to Families Food Box contracts

Tom Stenzel, president and CEO of the United Fresh Produce Association BB #:145458, issued the following letter to Bruce Summers,...

5 years ago 6 minute read

USDA approves $1.2 billion in contracts for Farmers to Families Food Box Program

Here are the the contracts related to fresh produce and combination boxes valued above $10 million: Caribbean Produce Exchange $107,040,000...

5 years ago 4 minute read

USDA files PACA action against Ohio company

WASHINGTON April. 29, 2020 – As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure...

5 years ago 2 minute read

USDA suspends two Florida firms’ PACA licenses

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2020 – As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure...

5 years ago 3 minute read

USDA announces additional food purchase plans

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced details of $470 million in Section 32...

5 years ago 5 minute read

USDA files PACA action against Philly wholesaler

WASHINGTON, April 29, 2020 – As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure...

5 years ago 2 minute read

USDA amends food box program request for proposal

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service amended the Request for Proposal for the Farmers to Families Food Box...

5 years ago 1 minute read

USDA files $1MM+ PACA action against California company

WASHINGTON April 30, 2020 – As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure...

5 years ago 2 minute read

PACA violations for Florida companies owing $1MM+

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2020 – As a part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and...

5 years ago 3 minute read

USDA Restricts PACA Violators in five states

WASHINGTON, April 27, 2020 – As part of its efforts to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) and ensure...

5 years ago 4 minute read

United Fresh hosts USDA Buy Fresh webinar

Please join Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) and United Fresh BB #:145458 for a webinar to further discuss details around the...

5 years ago 1 minute read

USDA increases monthly SNAP benefits by 40%

Washington, D.C., (April 22, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced emergency benefit increases have reached...

5 years ago 5 minute read

USDA’s Buy Fresh program has tight deadlines

The newly announced $100-million-per-month USDA Buy Fresh program offers produce companies a way to sell product for government feeding programs....

5 years ago 2 minute read

USDA to buy $3 billion in ag products

From the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service April 19, 2020: As part of President Trump and Secretary Perdue’s April 17th announcement...

5 years ago 6 minute read
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