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House Ag Committee leaders press USDA for Food Box program answers

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House Ag Committee leaders press USDA for Food Box program answers Produce Blue Book House Agriculture Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight and Department Operations Chair Marcia L. Fudge, Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chair Jim Costa, and Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research Chair Stacey Plaskett formally requested information from Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue Thursday on USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program. The letter comes amid reports of contracts under the program awarded to companies with little to no experience in agriculture and food distribution. READ MORE

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