Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was found to have violated the Hatch Act in August by encouraging voters to support President Trump at an event to promote the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. © Bonnie Cash USDA’s Perdue fined for violating Hatch Act while promoting food boxes In a Thursday […]
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San Diego Unified Removes Trump Letter From Federal Food Boxes
SAN DIEGO, CA — Food baskets heading out to families in the San Diego Unified School District Wednesday will be sent without a letter from President Donald Trump. District officials say the letter is misleading about ways to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The letter has been placed in millions […]
Nonprofit responds to food boxes including letter signed by Trump
CLOSE Food Share pop-up pantries are drive-thru only, so they can be as low-touch as possible, officials said. Ventura County Star Thousands of boxes of food given out to families in Ventura County over the past few days included something unexpected and, at least in some cases, unwanted. The boxes, […]
Maryland Food Bank criticizes Trump-signed letter in federal food boxes, but will distribute them anyway
The Maryland Food Bank and its partner organizations have given out 6.5 million pounds of produce, dairy, and meat to families in need through the federal Coronavirus Food Assistance Program since late May, on top of its usual donations. But food bank officials are criticizing a new addition to the […]
President Trump Requires A Letter From Him To Be Placed In Food Aid Boxes To Help Reelection Campaign
KEY POINTS USDA is mandating the inclusion of a letter from President Trump in millions of boxes of surplus food for families in need USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program has distributed more than 100 million boxes to those in need since May The Trump administration denied the letter was political […]