Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small visited two USDA Summer Food Service Program sites this week to see them in action serving meals, known as SUN Meals, to kids of all ages at no cost to families. In Virginia Beach, Virginia, she visited Bettie F. Williams Elementary School and in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, she and Representative Susan Wild (PA-07) visited the Slate Belt Branch of the Greater Valley YMCA. Both locations recently started serving SUN Meals as part of USDA’s traditional Summer Meal Program.
Source: United States Department of Agriculture
SUN Meals and SUN Bucks, a new USDA program that provides $120 in summer grocery benefits for eligible children, are key to the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to lower food costs and make groceries more affordable for families. In addition, these programs address childhood food and nutrition insecurity, which is higher in the summer months when school is out.
Check out local coverage from Lehigh Valley News about the Deputy Secretary’s visit to Pen Argyl.
Deputy Secretary Talks Food System Resiliency in Maine
Deputy Secretary Torres Small joined Representative Chellie Pingree (ME-01) today at Fork Food Lab in South Portland, Maine, to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to strengthen local and regional supply chains, lower food costs for American families and support small farmers in Maine and across the country. Fork Food Lab has received funding through USDA’s Meat and Poultry Inspection Readiness Grant (MPIRG) Program, the Local Agriculture Market Program (LAMP) and more to help them expand their operations, reach more consumers, and support more local producers.
