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WASHINGTON (DTN) In a three-hour, wide-ranging hearing, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday that USDA will end the Farmers to Families Food Box Program established by the Trump administration. However, USDA will continue to distribute the produce and dairy products that became popular with food banks and other beneficiaries.
A year after USDA started the Farmers to Families Food Boxes, USDA now will shut down the program by the end of May.
Vilsack said USDA’s information gathering on the program had shown it had “significant administrative costs and inadequate accounting of where the boxes were delivered” but that he wants to incorporate the best of that program into traditional food distribution programs.
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Planning commission, 7 p.m. via Zoom, link at www.columbianaohio.gov
EAST PALESTINE
Lisbon
Proverbs food bank, 9-9:30 a.m., St. George, 117 W. Chestnut
Lepper Library, teen time, 4 p.m. via Facebook, celebrate National Robotics Week and learn how to make personalized binary paper bracelet
County park board, 5 p.m., office
Village council, 6:30 p.m., village hall, BPA at 5 p.m.
NEW WATERFORD
Salem
Parkinson’s Support Group, 1 p.m., Emanuel Lutheran Church Education Building; masks and distancing required
Salem Eagles Aerie meeting, 7 p.m.
Italian-American Club meeting, 7 p.m.
Kelly Darney presenation on St. Philip Neri Church, 7 p.m. via Facebook live at TheSalemHistoricalSociety