Shoutout to *Farmers to Families*

[Tommy999]

Just wanted to sincerely thank the ‘Farmers to Families’ program, which I believe was government-sponsored, for helping many families in our area with food over the last few months. Presumably, it helped lots of people throughout the country during hard economic times for those who are without jobs during the pandemic. I know it helped my wife and I.

In a nutshell for those who may not be familiar , it was a government program in US to move surplus food (usually dairy and produce that would otherwise go to waste) to people in need, although you didn’t have to prove you were in need to get the surplus food.

My understanding is that the government paid the farmers for their excess and distributed it out to families for free by means of churches and other organizations who supplied volunteers to pass it out.

Unfortunately, my understanding is that the program is ending now (today was last day in my area) due to no more funding, but it was nice while it lasted. My wife and I benefited personally from it and shared our supply with shut-in neighbors and friends who were in need.

I sure hope and pray that Farmers to Families or something like it can continue to exist, but in the meantime I wanted to take a moment to thank whoever came up with the program and all the volunteers who donated their time and energy to make it happen.

May the Lord bless all those on CAF who volunteered in this program and others like it (food pantries, etc) in your communities.

 

[Beryllos]

My family benefited this summer from a pretty good food program administered by our public school district, and which will end as soon as school begins. It is free for families with children ages 1 to 20, regardless of family income or school enrollment. Our program at first included take-home breakfast/lunch items prepared and bagged by the school cafeteria staff (thereby keeping them employed!).

Around mid-summer, they added “produce boxes.” I am not sure if these were from Farmers to Families, but the manner of packaging and uniformity of contents suggested a major government operation.

From time to time, they also distributed “meat boxes,” generally with pre-cooked items like breaded chicken nuggets, hot dogs, and sausages, and one time they included string cheese snacks.

Thanks and blessings to all who supported and worked on these programs.

 

[Tommy999]

Around mid-summer, they added “produce boxes.” I am not sure if these were from Farmers to Families, but the manner of packaging and uniformity of contents suggested a major government operation.

That very well could’ve been Farmers to Families by the sound of it. They gave out a box of produce and one of dairy that were pretty uniform each time.