BC Dairy Partners With Food Banks BC to Help Feed Hungry Children, Support Local Restaurants and Food Production

May 9, 2022 BC Dairy

BC Dairy is extending its support of BC food banks launched early in the COVID-19 pandemic with a new program – one that will also support local food production and restaurants working to get back to normal. 

Publix Reaches 50M Pounds of Produce Donation Milestone

April 28, 2022 Publix

Publix announced that the company has donated more than 50M Lbs of produce. Launched in response to farmers being forced to discard produce they could no longer sell due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Publix began purchasing produce directly from impacted farmers and donating it to food banks throughout the company’s operating area. In addition to these donations, Publix associates support the company’s perishable recovery program by gathering dairy, deli, meat and produce that is wholesome but unsalable and donating it to food banks.

USDA to Invest $1B to Purchase Healthy Food for Food Insecure Americans and Build Food Bank Capacity

June 7, 2021 USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an investment of up to $1 billion, including $500 million in American Rescue Plan funding, in The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) to support and expand the emergency food network so food banks and local organizations can reliably serve their communities.

Good Foods Recaps Milestone Year in Charitable Efforts

January 21, 2021 Good Foods

Good Foods, a category leader of dips and good-for-you products, looks back at charitable efforts put forth in 2020 and prepares for another philanthropic year ahead.

Dairy MAX and Trucking Companies Partner to Deliver More Than 200,000 Gallons of Milk to Local Food Banks Since May 2020

August 4, 2020 Dairy MAX

Nonprofit regional dairy council Dairy MAX today announced that more than 200,000 gallons of milk have been distributed to regional food banks in a multistate area since May 2020 as part of dairy farmers’ collective COVID-19 relief efforts. Dairy MAX represents more than 900 dairy farm families across eight states.