food donations

The USDA will purchase up to $159.4 million in domestically produced seafood, fruits, legumes, and nuts for distribution to a variety of domestic food assistance programs. The purchases, announced Thursday, are being made with funds under the authority of Section 32 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act ...

Last month, Tyson Foods made a pair of donations to help those in the Walla Walla community impacted by the pandemic. Tyson Public Relations Manager Derek Burleson said they handed out $15,000 in grants to the Walla Walla Senior Citizens Center Incorporated and the United Way of Walla Walla County ...

Under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, better known as CFAP, the USDA's AMS runs the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. "As of this week we will have delivered about 80 million boxes of food to 10,000 charities around the United States and the four territories," noted AMS administrator Bruce Summers ...

In an effort to better connect farmers with food banks and other programs that help those in need, Representative Dan Newhouse is introducing companion legislation to Kelly Loffler’s American Farms, Food Banks and Families Act in the Senate. Newhouse ...

Legislation introduced this week would create a new office at the USDA to connect food banks with farmers. The American Farms, Food banks and Families Act proposes to create a Domestic Ag Supply Chain Administrator to act as a liaison between food banks, grocers and nonprofit food distributors to expand market access for farmers ...

Farmers across the Inland Northwest, have been very busy over the past couple of weeks, not preparing their commodities for processing, but rather helping fellow Washingtonians impacted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Over the past couple of weeks, potato grower, for example, have held donation events where thousands of pounds of spuds were handed out to those in need; no questions asked ...

Late last week, Washington Congresswomen Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Kim Schrier introduced legislation they say will provide additional funding to purchase products from small and medium sized farms and get those products to food banks in need ...

On Tuesday, Royal City-based Cascade Organic Flour donated 21 tons of whole wheat flour to 2nd Harvest to help those in need across eastern Washington. 2nd Harvest said they plan to quickly distribute the flour to various food banks across the region to help those impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. ...

Bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday, looks to help food banks collect and distribute more food to needy families.  Republican Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut introduced the Food Donation Improvement Act of 2019 Wednesday.  ...

Earlier this month, the Benton Franklin Fair donated $2,005 to 2nd Harvest Tri-Cities to help fight regional hunger.  The fair donated $2 for each adult admission ticket sold on opening day before 2 p.m.  An additional $267 was raised during the People’s Choice vote at the BBQ CookOff at the fair on August 26.   “Farme...