Farmers to Families

Lisette’s work with the Inland Northwest Farmers Market Association (INWFMA) led to the successful award and administration of $2.7 million in contracts with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farmers to Families Food Box Program.

The USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program began in May of 2020 and ended in May of 2021 having distributed more than 173 million food boxes of fresh produce, milk, dairy, cooked meats and seafood worth over $5 billion to Americans across the country. The program was designed and implemented as a temporary, emergency relief effort to respond to severe market disruption caused by a global pandemic.