Co-Alliance Cooperative has donated $1,000 to Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank in an effort to aid those in need in Hamilton County.
The food bank has directed this to the Meating the Need program that buys cattle and swine from the Hamilton County 4-H Fair and provides ground meat in one-pound packages to the food banks throughout Hamilton County.
“Our farmer-owned cooperative plays a large role in producing the safest, most abundant food supply in the world. There is no reason why people in our rural communities should go hungry,” said Kevin Still, President & CEO of Co-Alliance Cooperative. “We’ve made it a priority to give back to our rural communities through food security support and this amount invested in Hamilton County is an example of that commitment.”
The Harvest Food Bank donation is part of Co-Alliance’s cooperative-wide initiative to promote and invest in food security throughout the trade territory in 2023. The co-op recently concluded an internal employee food security drive, Planting The Seeds For Food Security, that raised $15,480. That commitment from the farmer-owned cooperative is now being tripled, as Co-Alliance is matching every dollar donated by employees and Land O’Lakes will match what Co-Alliance commits through its Member Co-op Match program.
Planting The Seeds For Food Security was developed to invite employees to play a key part in ending hunger in local rural communities. The total money raised to be given back to rural communities through food security donations and the match program is officially $46,440. Employees were also given the opportunity to elect specifically where those funds are distributed. They could choose churches or community or regional food banks that serve families in their hometowns. It is through this personal feedback that Co-Alliance will now direct those dollars throughout the spring and summer.
In April, Co-Alliance partnered with Land O’Lakes, Inc. to donate 40,000 pounds of Land O’Lakes Macaroni & Cheese to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana through the Land O’Lakes First Run Program. Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana collaborates with 164 partners in Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph, and Wabash Counties, and the macaroni & cheese will be distributed through those partners. Learn more at co-alliance.com.
You can donate to Hamilton County Harvest Food Bank anytime at HCHfoodbank.org.