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South Dakota’s Ag United will help feed the hungry

October 21, 2009 by Ken Anderson
Filed under Events/Organizations, Human Interest, Livestock, News

An ag advocacy group in South Dakota has launched a new program to help feed the hungry.

Agriculture United For South Dakota is partnering with the Community Food Banks of South Dakota in the effort. It’s called “From Our Families to Your Family”, as Kelly Wubben with Ag United explains.

“We’re asking pork producers to donate a hog, or hogs, to the program,” Wubben says, “and those hogs donated to the program will be processed into ground pork, and then that ground pork will be distributed to families across South Dakota with the help of Community Food Banks.”

Wubben says they will process 50 hogs from now until May 2010. That will provide approximately 75-hundred pounds of meat to feed around four-thousand families.

“During this economic time we’re having now—it’s kind of difficult—it’s just trying to help out your neighbor,” Wubben says, “and then also, with the H1N1 scare, this is a good way to promote pork right now.”

Ag United is a collaboration of farm organizations that support livestock production and development. It includes South Dakota’s cattle, corn, pork and soybean groups, as well as South Dakota Farm Bureau.]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:42:06 -0700 http://organicconsumers.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=3443 http://organicconsumers.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2384
The State wants to have CAFOs in the eastern part of South Dakota and doesn't want the locals to be able to turn them down. This is similar to other Midwestern states.







Just say 'No' to factory farms.
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where do you get your produce & meats? farmers markets? whole foods? direct from the farmer?

How are the summers?]]> Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:52:42 -0700 http://organicconsumers.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2072