USDA America’s Harvest Box - Blue Apron for the Poor

[Penner]

I heard a little more on this............... basically half your SNAP food would come to your door Amazon style. Shelf stable goods only.

Two words to think about this:

Powder Milk.

And here are two more words:

Government Cheese.

[C-Mag]

I heard a little more on this............... basically half your SNAP food would come to your door Amazon style. Shelf stable goods only.

Two words to think about this:

Powder Milk.

And here are two more words:

Government Cheese.

Oh no, I got it. DB red pilled me on this, I was just clarifying for the record.

[clubgop]

Local farms, Kath. Go to the farmer's market if you can afford it.

Afford it? Shoot, you go on a Saturday afternoon, when they are trying to sell out or throw it out. As long as you got green they gove you all the greens you can handle.

[K@th]

When you think about it, I should have the option of giving up fish on Ash Wednesday and Lenten Fridays. I almost never eat fish, so giving fish up is the greater sacrifice. If I had to give up fish for Lent, I might not eat a single piece of fish that whole season.

I don't follow you. Giving up something you don't eat isn't a sacrifice. Sacrifice is giving up something you really enjoy.

[K@th]

Local farms, Kath. Go to the farmer's market if you can afford it.

Afford it? Shoot, you go on a Saturday afternoon, when they are trying to sell out or throw it out. As long as you got green they gove you all the greens you can handle.

Agreed. Our farmer's markets are usually far cheaper than the grocery store. It all tastes better, too.

[SuburbanFarmer]

When you think about it, I should have the option of giving up fish on Ash Wednesday and Lenten Fridays. I almost never eat fish, so giving fish up is the greater sacrifice. If I had to give up fish for Lent, I might not eat a single piece of fish that whole season.

I don't follow you. Giving up something you don't eat isn't a sacrifice. Sacrifice is giving up something you really enjoy.

Wait, so self-flagellation with a feather duster doesn't count?

[DBTrek]

Seems like the answer is for Farmer’s markets to accept SNAP.
Then everyone is happy, right?


Lulz

[SuburbanFarmer]

Seems like the answer is for Farmer’s markets to accept SNAP.
Then everyone is happy, right?


Lulz

Hmm.

[C-Mag]

The MHF Team has convinced me the US Government should have nothing to do with Food Distribution.

Now, who will join me in getting rid of these programs.

USDA's food distribution programs strengthen the nutrition safety net through the distribution of USDA Foods and other nutrition assistance to children, low-income families, emergency feeding programs, Indian reservations, and the elderly.

Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP)

The Commodity Supplemental Food Program works to improve the health of low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants, children, and the elderly by supplementing their diets with nutritious USDA Foods.

Food Distribution Disaster Assistance Program

The Food Distribution Disaster Assistance Program supplies USDA Foods to disaster relief organizations such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army for mass feeding or household distribution.

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)

The Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations provides USDA Foods to low-income Native American families and elderly people residing on or near Indian reservations.

Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP)

The Nutrition Services Incentive Program provides incentives to states and tribes for the effective delivery of nutritious meals to older adults.

Schools/Child Nutrition (CN) USDA Foods Program

The Schools/Child Nutrition USDA Foods Program helps American agricultural producers by purchasing nutritious food for the National School Lunch Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Summer Food Service Program. These purchases help to stabilize prices in agricultural commodity markets by balancing supply and demand.

State Processing Program

The State Processing Program allows state distributing agencies and eligible recipient agencies such as school districts to contract with commercial food processors to convert bulk USDA Foods into more convenient ready-to-use end products.

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)

The Emergency Food Assistance Program supplements the diets of low-income needy persons, including elderly people, by providing emergency food and nutrition assistance.

Department of Defense (DoD) Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program

USDA's Food and Nutrition Service partners with the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) Produce Business Unit to buy and distribute fresh fruits and vegetables to schools using the USDA's federal commodity entitlement dollars.

National Processing Pilot Program

Under this pilot program, processors are permitted to sell approved end products that contain USDA Foods to eligible recipient agencies nationwide under a single national processing agreement.

Food Aid Program

The Food Aid Program provides U.S. agricultural commodities to feed millions of hungry people in needy countries through direct donations and concessional programs.

Food Purchase Program

USDA purchases a variety of food products in support of the National School Lunch program and other Federal Feeding programs. These purchases help to stabilize prices in agricultural commodity markets by balancing supply and demand.

McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program

The McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program helps promote education, child development, and food security for some of the world's poorest children. It provides for donations of U.S. agricultural products, as well as financial and technical assistance, for school feeding and maternal and child nutrition projects in low-income countries.

https://www.usda.gov/topics/food-and-nu ... stribution

[DBTrek]

Think about this - we subsidize agriculture with artificial price floors, putting the American taxpayer on the hook to “buy” all the excess commodities farmers produce (which we then warehouse until it rots)

Then we subsidize the poor with money, so they can buy the subsidized produce at artificially high prices.

Damn.

They get us coming and going.