White House Senior Advisor Ivanka Trump promoted the USDA’s “Farmers to Families Food Box” program Tuesday with a display of groceries, saying that the program will help farmers and people in need.
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“This Farmers to Family Food Box program is just an amazing initiative,” Trump said, standing alongside her father President Donald Trump and USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue.
“As the secretary mentioned, the president saw that there were those in need, those vulnerable. Long lines at food banks trying to get food, and yet there was this unbelievable beautiful American fresh produce that was going to waste.”
Last week, @SecretarySonny & I launched the $3B Farmers to Families Food Box program,which invests in our farmers & gets food to those in need!
Building upon that today I joined @realDonaldTrump to announce @USDA‘s expedited $16B direct COVID19 relief payments to our farmers. pic.twitter.com/vFm2cnwmk4
— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 19, 2020
On both sides of the podium Ivanka was speaking at, tables were covered with foods like fruits and vegetables.
US President Donald Trump, listens as Senior Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump speaks about the food supply chain during the coronavirus pandemic, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 19, 2020, in Washington, DC. Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
She went on, saying that the boxes contained “20 to 25 pounds of meat, milk, all forms of dairy, and of course great fresh produce is incredibly virtuous.”
“So we’re very excited about this program,” she said. “These boxes themselves will also be going to a mission here in DC, along with several others that we have at the White House and we hope that these boxes will play a big role in in feeding those who need it across the country.” (RELATED: Ivanka Trump Donates 400 Meals To Hospital Workers In Queens)
White House advisors Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Hope Hicks attend President Trumps cabinet in the East Room of the White House on May 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images
U.S. President Donald Trump enters the Roosevelt Room as senior advisor Ivanka Trump waits at the White House May 19, 2020 in Washington, DC. Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times-Pool/Getty Images
US President Donald Trump, with Senior Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump (R) and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, speaks about the food supply chain during the coronavirus pandemic, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 19, 2020, in Washington, DC. Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images.
Ivanka was not wearing a mask during the event, though she did seem to have a scarf around her neck that could double as a mask.
She previously wore a mask while she was working on the food box program last week.
Just outside DC, I visited @Coastal_Sunbelt w/ @IvankaTrump & @GovLarryHogan to see @USDA’s innovative food boxes being assembled to be sent to those in need. We’re sending fresh produce, meat and dairy direct from farmers to families. pic.twitter.com/BG2dUtsk75
— Sec. Sonny Perdue (@SecretarySonny) May 15, 2020