Southwest Human Resource Agency to Discontinue Commodity Program
The Southwest Human Resource Agency (SWHRA) has announced it will no longer administer the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tennessee Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) Commodity Program effective Tuesday, September 30, 2025. According to the SWHRA, the decision was made by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. The Commodity Program is administered by the SWHRA in eight counties in West Tennessee, one which includes Hardeman County.
Through the Commodity Program, the agency has been responsible for receiving and storing available food, and distributing it to the receiving counties it serves. Hardeman County has two more distributions on Wednesday and Thursday, September 3 and 4, 2025, at the Hardeman County Fairgrounds at 210 Vildo Road in Bolivar, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.
More information about how the program will continue is expected to be available in September. For more information now, call the following locations for your county:
- Hardeman, Haywood, Madison, and McNairy Counties: Mid-South Food Bank at (901) 527-0841
- Chester, Decatur, Hardin, and Henderson Counties: Second harvest Food Bank at (615) 329-3491
You may also call the Tennessee Department of Agriculture at (615) 831-5103 for more information.
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