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LIGONIER — Various food pantries in Noble County were the recipients of more than a ton of frozen chickens on Wednesday as part of a statewide effort by representatives of the Indiana State Poultry Association (ISPA).
Food pantries throughout Noble and LaGrange counties received dozens of boxes of frozen chickens and other poultry products from Miller Poultry of Orland that were part of more than 145,000 pounds of Indiana poultry products donated by poultry farmers throughout the state.
Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman and her office worked with the ISPA on the annual donation.
“These donations of high protein eggs, chicken, turkey and duck are especially appreciated this time of year as we help to feed hungry Hoosiers,” Skillman said in a press release. “ I want to thank our very generous Hoosier poultry producers for these donations and for doing what they do best — using modern agriculture to produce the food needed to feed our state and the world.”
Donations came from Berne Hi-Way Hatchery, Creighton Brothers, Culver Duck, Farbest Foods, Hy-Line, North America, Maple Leaf Farms, Perdue Foods, Miller Poultry, Rose Acre Farms, Tyson Foods, Wabash Valley Produce and Chore-Time Equipment.
At the West Noble Food Pantry in Ligonier, a handful of volunteers showed up when the ISPA’s truck arrived and helped unload the large, heavy boxes of the donations. All of the donated chickens will wind up in the homes of Indiana residents who are patrons of food pantries.
“This is a great blessing for us,” said Dot Mazier, coordinator of the pantry in Ligonier. “We are grateful to everyone who helped make this possible.”
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