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USDA allows wide variety of items for produce box contracts
USDA says produce box contractors have an unlimited list of fresh fruits and vegetables to choose from. “Fresh produce content...
Oregon company satisfies terms of alleged PACA violations
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 – In an amended complaint filed on Jan. 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)...
USDA cites CA firm for $2.2MM in PACA Violations
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Kendall Frozen Fruits Inc. (KFF)...
USDA gives $9.7MM in produce box contracts
The USDA released the contract recipients for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) produce box program May 18. USDA will...
USDA lifts PACA sanctions on Texas business
WASHINGTON, March 18, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Always Fresco LLC, satisfied a $40,885 reparation...
USDA lifts PACA sanctions on Florida company
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Suncrest Produce Solutions BB #:288380 satisfied a...
USDA restricts PACA violators in Illinois and New Jersey
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failing...
Virginia Ag Commissioner confirmed Deputy USDA Secretary
WASHINGTON, May 13, 2021 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement on the confirmation of Dr. Jewel Bronaugh...
USDA brings PACA sanctions against Texas firm
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Fresh Produce Inc. BB #:283093,...
USDA invests $90MM in grants for local food producers affected by the pandemic
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $92.2 million in competitive...
Farmers to Families Food Box Program extended through May
The USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program’s Round 5 has been extended into May, with final deliveries occurring by...
USDA Produce Box budget set for $20MM
USDA’s new Produce Box program, which it says is not designed to replace the Farmers to Families Food Box program,...
USDA to bump WIC fruit and vegetable voucher funding
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2021 – Participants in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,...
AMS solicits bids for TEFAP Fresh Produce Packages
The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service today issued a solicitation for fresh produce packages under the Emergency Food Assistance Program also...
Federal spending on food assistance reached record high in 2020
Spending on USDA’s food and nutrition assistance programs jumped 30 percent in fiscal year (FY) 2020 to an inflation-adjusted record...
USDA gives deregulation extension to Simplot GMO potato
Published: Apr 23, 2021 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is extending...
USDA seeks comments on food system supply chains
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking comments on a Department-wide...
USDA produce box may have no funding
USDA says a produce-only box program will replace the Farmers to Families Food Box program of the Trump administration, but...
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