In April, as part of the Coronavirus Farm Assistance Program, the USDA announced a new initiative to purchase and distribute up to $3 billion of agricultural products to those in need: the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
Farmer Foodshare was one of only 4 distributors based in North Carolina to be selected!
Over the next 6 weeks - and if all goes well nationally, perhaps through the end of the year - Farmer Foodshare will be sourcing, packing and distributing food boxes filled with fresh, locally-grown fruit and veggies for 1,150 families throughout the Triangle each week!
Local organizations will identify families to receive the food and organize its distribution. Our partners include:
Interfaith Food Shuttle, feeding families in need
Parktown Food Hub, whose community includes many low-income families across Durham
End Hunger Durham, to feed food-insecure seniors
El Centro Hispano, an important partner in reaching the Latinx community
Root Causes, supporting low-income individuals that visit the Duke Outpatient Clinic
Truevine Learning Center in Southeast Raleigh, feeding additional families
