Midwest Food Bank gets donation from Tyson Foods

Posted on May 4, 2020
Tyson Foods will donate a semi load of chickens for the next six weeks. (Photo Midwest Food Bank)

 

By Neil Doyle

NORMAL – For the next six weeks, Tyson will be sending a semi load of chickens to Midwest Food Bank divisions in Bloomington-Normal, Peoria, Florida, Georgia, and Indiana.

“This donation is an incredible resource of protein for our partner agencies,” says Tara Ingham, executive director of Midwest Food Bank in Normal. “It’s a perfect mesh with our efforts to provide more nutritious food, and it is helping reduce waste in the food supply chain.”

The chickens are whole, healthy, and fully processed. Each location is working with a local poultry processor to individually bag the birds. Midwest Food Bank will distribute the chickens to their partner agencies to be given to those in need.

In addition to feeding the hungry, Midwest Food Bank provides disaster relief in partnership with The Salvation Army, distributing boxes of food and personal care items. This year, responding to the COVID-19 crisis, 27 semi-loads of relief have been delivered and 33 more semi-loads requested and planned.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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