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USDA announces food distribution program, but will it help farmers?

by Jasmine Garsd

May 11, 2020

The Farmers to Families Food Box Program will begin distributing $1.2 billion in surplus food to communities across the country.

A food bank worker distributes goods. A Marketplace-Edison poll found that 44% of Americans over 18 fear being unable to afford food.

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