General Discussion

It's one of the few things where I can pinpoint where I was when something was mentioned - and I was on a road I drove on only from 1978-1989. So I checked my memory and the program ended in the 80s. So people as young as mid-40s may remember it.

But this appears to be magical thinking. Thirty-two lbs of perishable foods directly from farmers would largely end up in landfills. Most fresh food, direct from farmers, would spoil in a week or two - so it would be feast or famine (or more likely feast, dump, starve). Processed food (dried beans, flour, etc.) is shelf-stable, but isn't direct from farmers. And . . . while we're at it . . . direct from farmers (aside from CSAs and farmer's markets) isn't direct from farmers. It would need to be harvested by the farmers, sent to a third party for packaging into the boxes, and delivered by another third party to the intended seniors.