Farm Bureaus hit 1.5M meals mark with ‘Bushels for Hunger’

By: Jennifer DeWitt|March 6, 2023

|3 min read

The Bushels for Hunger program recently donated more than $23,000 to River Bend Food Bank. Accepting the check, from left, are Leslie Corlett, director of donor relations, and Nancy Renkes, River Bend president and CEO, along with Tara Mayhew, Rock Island County Farm Bureau manager, and Jeff Kirwan, director of the Illinois Farm Bureau’s District 3. CREDIT RIVER BEND FOOD BANK

Farmers from across the Illinois Quad Cities region again helped local families struggling with food insecurity by donating to River Bend Food Bank through the Bushels for Hunger program.

Now in its 13th year, the Bushels for Hunger program is a joint program coordinated by the Illinois Farm Bureaus of Henry, Mercer and Rock Island counties.

The program, which allows farmers to donate bushels…

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Farm Bureaus hit 1.5M meals mark with ‘Bushels for Hunger’

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