Faith groups distribute USDA food boxes, despite Trump’s intrusion
Agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue participates in a Farmers to Families Food Box event in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, in May. (USDA Photo by Meghan Rodgers)
Millions of boxes of USDA surplus food are being shipped with mandated letters from President Donald Trump asserting his concern to protect the well-being of Americans struggling through the coronavirus pandemic.
That this unprecedented action is taking place just before the November election is a fact critics decry as a cheap politicization of food and hunger.
Yet faith-based and secular food providers say they are distributing the boxes anyway—because hungry people need food.
