MFU participates in Farmers to Families Food Box program

Press release

GREAT FALLS — Montana Farmers Union is partnering with the Western Montana Growers Cooperative and Lake County Community Development Corp. to distribute boxes of Montana-grown produce to families in need as part of the Farmers to Families Food Box program.

This program will support local farmers who lost markets due to closures of schools and restaurants.

Western Montana Growers Cooperative is the recipient of the USDA Farmers to Families Food Box contract under the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. With additional funding from the Headwaters Foundation, Montana Farmers Union,...