Donations

On Tuesday, the Benton Franklin Fair in Kennewick announced the donation of $1,310 to 2nd Harvest Tri-Cities to help fight hunger on the Columbia Basin.  Fair officials say that donation will purchase 7,860 pounds of food.  With the 2019 donation, the Benton-Franklin Fair has donated 108,258 pounds of food over the past decade.   “The...

It’s the Ag communities chance to help local organizations in need.  Farmers across Washington currently have the chance to direct $2,500 to their favorite local nonprofit organization through the America’s Farmers Grow Communities program.   Washing...

Tavis Hamilton discusses the importance of giving to those in your own community.  

In August, Cargill launched the #putyourherdfirst campaign to support The Great American Milk Drive.  How did the drive fair?   More than 65,000 people engaged with the campaign on Facebook and Cargill announced that all 200 food banks in the Feeding America network will receive 500 servings of milk through the campaign.  A Cargill sp...

For growers looking to improve their commodity, test plots are very beneficial for the industry.  But, as 2nd Harvest points out, those test plots can help meet needs right now.  Sarah MacPherson said those test plots can help this time of year, when food donations are sometime low.   “...

Drovers, a Farm Journal Media franchise, and the Drovers Foundation have accepted a challenge from philanthropist and American farmer-rancher Howard G. Buffet to raise $2 million for wildfire relief.  Last month saw devastating wildfires burn 1.6 mi...

It was all smiles at Second Harvest’s distribution center in Pasco Friday, Tyson Foods Inc. donated 37,000 pounds of chicken to help address hunger across the Columbia Basin.  Anthony Lang with the Tyson’s Wallula plant said this is the company’s opportunity to help their neighbors.   “This is our ...

Hunger knows no boundaries and impacts a wide swath of the Inland Northwest.  According to  2nd Harvest, one out of eight adults do not know where their next meal is coming from, and for children, that number is even higher at one out of four.  2nd Har...