CRE8AD8 was supposed to deliver 750,000 boxes of food to food banks and nonprofits, but USDA records show CRE8AD8 fell short by nearly 250,000 boxes.
San Antonio Food Bank Warehouse Manager David Carvajal inspects a box of produce from the CRE8AD8/USDA contract, Thursday, May 28, 2020.Gregorio Palomino, the San Antonio event planner who received a $39.1 million contract from the federal government to feed needy families early in the coronavirus pandemic, faces a lawsuit accusing him of fraud.
Fork and Garden is a San Antonio catering and events company co-owned by chef Iverson Brownell, who partnered with Palomino on the Food Box programIn a May 2020 interview with the Express-News, Palomino said Brownell had persuaded him to bid on the lucrative U.S. Department of Agriculture contract. Brownell and an attorney representing Fork and Garden did not respond Friday to requests for comment on the lawsuit, filed this week in state District Court in Bexar County.Launched by the Trump administration, the USDA’s $4 billion Farmers to Families Food Box program aimed to help farmers and ranchers redirect unsold meat, dairy and produce to hungry Americans after the pandemic crippled the economy.
Officials with the San Antonio Food Bank and others in the produce business expressed concerns about CRE8AD8’s lack of experience with large-scale distribution and its lack of facilities.revealed that Palomino boasted about clients, including USAA, Valero Energy Corp., Fiesta San Antonio and the North Dakota Department of Transportation, that said they had never worked with him.
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