Tag: farmers to families food box

T&T Produce will be delivering boxes to nonprofits in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Birmingham with the first deliveries taking place Monday, May 18, 2020, and lasting through June 30, 2020.

Ben Holtz, owner of Ben Holtz Consulting and partner in family business California Avocados Direct, received a $40 million USDA Farmers to Families Food Box contract. Now he says USDA sent him a stop work notice.

A $25 million government contract for six weeks seems massive and daunting, but if anyone can fulfill it, it’s a company like Pacific Coast Fruit Co., Portland, OR.

The following letter was sent by the Produce Marketing Association and the United Fresh Produce Association following the USDA's Farmers to Families Food Box selection process. 

Ben Holtz’s small produce company won a $40 million USDA Farmers to Families Food Box contract. Now he has to scale up to distribute over 1,000 truckloads of produce a week for the next six week to hungry people affected by the economic crisis associated with COVID-19.

Pamela and Greg discuss the controversial bid selection process in the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box program.

DiMare Fresh, a value-added distribution company specializing in produce and floral, has been selected to partner with USDA “Farmers to Families Food Box” program.

C&C Produce, Inc., Kansas City, MO, earned a $21 million contract as part of USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program, and it plans to start making deliveries Friday, May 15, the first day companies can start.

Tom Stenzel, president and CEO of the United Fresh Produce Association, issued the following letter to Bruce Summers, administrator for the USDA's Agriculture Marketing Service, following the announcement of contracts for the agency's Farmers to Families Food Box program. 

The USDA has posted the full list of suppliers who received contracts in its first Farmers to Families Food Box program.