Reaction is mixed to news Secretary Vilsack will end the Farmers-to-Families Food Box program next month.
He says that the department will shift to more effective ways of delivering fresh produce and dairy, like expanding the Emergency Food Assistance Program to include fruit and vegetable boxes and a new dairy donation program for surplus milk.
The dairy industry calls the donation program a good idea, but the Farm Bureau was surprised to learn the food box program is going way.
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