The Farmers to Families Food Box Program announced on April 17th involved linking producers of vegetables and fruit with food banks, community and faith-based organizations for the benefit of needy families.  The program was to run from May 15th through June 30th.  In a June 17th release, USDA announced extension of the program through August 30th and would require the purchase of food to the value of  $1.2 billion.

Between May 15th and June 17th distributors delivered 17 million food boxes to 3,200 non-profit organizations in the U.S. including Guam and Puerto Rico. 

In commenting on the program, Secretary of Agriculture, Dr. Sonny Perdue stated, "these extensions are a testament of the great work done by vendors in support of American agriculture and the American people".  He added "they are also a testament that the programs are accomplishing what we intended-supporting U.S. farmers and distributors in getting food to those who need it most".