People wait in line at the Pandemic Food Distribution event Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, at the SIU Banterra Center, in Carbondale, Ill. Volunteers help load boxes of food into the cars in line. The food comes from the USDA Farm Table program to help those affected by the pandemic. (Monica Sharma | @mscli_cks)
People wait in line at the Pandemic Food Distribution event Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, at the SIU Banterra Center, in Carbondale, Ill. Volunteers help load boxes of food into the cars in line. The food comes from the USDA Farm Table program to help those affected by the pandemic.

Monica Sharma | @mscli_cks

USDA’s Farm to Table program hosts a Pandemic Relief Food Distribution

By Monica Sharma, Staff Photographer

October 26, 2020

On Monday, October 26, the Banterra Center hosted the Pandemic Relief Food Distribution event in partnership with the USDA’s Farm to Table program. 

The 30-pound boxes contained fresh produce, dairy products, and meat, according to Illinois State Senator Dale Fowler.

“Everyone is able to get food and there are no restrictions,” Fowler said. “It’s just an amazing program and we are fortunate to be a part of the program.”

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The food distribution began at 10:30 am and went until supplies lasted.

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Monica Sharma | @mscli_cks
Alex Grabowska loads a box of food into a truck bed at the Pandemic Food Distribution Oct. 26, 2020, at the SIU Banterra Center, in Carbondale,Ill.

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