August 25, 2020

US food charity acquires 28,000 pounds of ground beef for food bank distribution in Kentucky

Feeding Kentucky -- which works with seven member food banks serving all 120 counties in Kentucky, the United States -- has acquired 28,000 pounds of Kentucky Proud ground beef from Marksbury Farms for distribution among the state's food bank network, according to Agriculture Commissioner Dr. Ryan Quarles.

The purchase is funded by a historic US$500,000 donation that Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company made to Feeding Kentucky in April of this year as part of the Kentucky Hunger Initiative started by Quarles in 2016. The donation, which was a response to rising food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic, is the largest single private donation made as part of the Kentucky Hunter Initiative since it launched in the same year.

"When we started the Kentucky Hunger Initiative years ago, the goal was to build a network to connect farmers and agribusinesses to Kentucky's food bank system," Quarles said. "This donation, bolstered by Kentucky Farm Bureau's amazing donation as part of the Hunger Initiative, is the perfect culmination of this work. Kentucky's workers and families are still struggling to recover from the government-mandated shutdown of our economy during COVID-19. Vulnerable Kentuckians affected by this global pandemic will now have more access to food for their families."

- WBKO