Donations from Ag Youth Benefit Iowa Food Pantries
September 30, 2014
At the recent Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, Monsanto partnered with Farm Progress and the
Howard G. Buffett Foundation to sponsor the sixth annual America’s Farmers Food Drive. The drive
collected 6,847 pounds of food for food pantries in the Boone area.
FFA chapters and 4-H clubs from across the state were asked to join the cause, and 52 responded to
the challenge. FFA and 4-H members who brought food received free entry to the show, and the FFA
chapters and 4-H clubs who brought the most food, in pounds, were awarded $250 each.
The ag youth organizations with the most food donations who will receive a monetary donation are
the Garner Hayfield FFA Chapter, the Newton FFA Chapter, the Humboldt FFA Chapter, and the
Happy Homebodies 4-H Club.
For every pound of food collected at the America’s Farmers Food Drive, Monsanto committed to
matching a $1 donation, up to $10,000, to the United Way of Story County. Despite the fact that the
food drive collected less than 10,000 pounds of food, due to rainy weather and a shortened show,
Monsanto donated the full $10,000. The Howard G. Buffett Foundation also committed to a matching
donation of $6,847 to Feeding America.
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