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Feb. 18, 2025: Brighter Bites, a national nonprofit that delivers fresh fruits and vegetables directly into families’ hands, announces merger with +BOX in a bold step toward advancing public health and nutrition.

+BOX Connect Feasibility Study Final Report

+BOX was awarded funding from the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Local Food Promotion Program in October 2022 to conduct the +BOX Connect feasibility study. The project intended to study the feasibility of increasing access to and availability of locally grown produce to low-income/low-access communities through a combination of technical innovation and more meaningful engagement between local farms and the nonprofit food security sector.

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+BOX Launches +BOX Connect Pilot Program

Sept. 14, 2023: +BOX launches pilot program for new app, called +BOX Connect, which received support from the US Department of Agriculture late last year. The app will empower food insecure families to opt-in to food support programs with no questions asked.

+BOX Receives Funding from U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Nov. 9, 2022: +BOX provides weekly boxes of nutrient-rich foods for students and their families; funding will help create an app to increase food insecure families’ access to and availability of locally grown produce in low-income/low-access communities.