U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, announced the U. S. Department of Agriculture has approved up to $1 billion in contracts to support American producers and communities in need, through the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program. Earlier this week, USDA reached a milestone of haveing distributed more than 90 million food boxes in support of American farmers and families affected by the COVID 19 pandemic.
Franklin County has been the recipient of this program the past several months, however, Franklin County United Way Director, Leigh Hanson, says future distribution in Ottawa are in question. Ottawa will continue to have food available to those in need through the ECKAN Distribution Program every Tuesday morning, Harvesters the first Wednesday and third Friday of every month and through Hope House.
