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Farmers Union and Feeding America Partnership

March 23, 2016 By Ron Sylvester Leave a Comment

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FB-logo-ofuFor the past several years, the National Farmers Union and Feeding America have been in partnership to end hunger in America. Feeding America is the worthy charity that supports food banks (probably your local or regional one) all over the U.S.

The tradition continues.

Food insecurity is a problem for millions of Americans across the country, and the National Farmers Union (NFU) has pledged to contribute to nationwide hunger relief through a renewed commitment to Feeding America’s Invest An Acre program. Following an announcement at the NFU 114thAnniversary Convention in Minneapolis, the organization officially kicked off its fundraising efforts this week.

“We often associate food insecurity with impoverished foreign nations, but we cannot ignore the hunger problem here at home in many rural communities,” said NFU President Roger Johnson. “As family farmers and ranchers, we have a responsibility to help families in need through local hunger relief efforts.”

More than 48 million Americans lived in food-insecure households in 2014, according to the USDA. To combat the problem in rural America, the domestic hunger relief organization created Invest An Acre to make it easy for farmers to donate a portion of their crop proceeds to the food bank serving their local community. Every dollar donated by farmers is matched by Monsanto to double the impact.

“Food insecurity is not an individual problem; it can take a toll on an entire community. We are proud to renew our partnership with Feeding America and to continue NFU’s longstanding support of hunger relief efforts in rural America,” commented Barbara Patterson, a government relations representative with NFU, who is coordinating the renewed partnership.

From 2011 to 2014, NFU and its members contributed nearly $200,000 to various hunger relief initiatives through Feeding America, the Invest An Acre program and local food banks.

More information about NFU’s involvement in Invest An Acre and ways to donate is available at http://www.nfu.org/feeding-america.

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