Hoosiers Feeding the Hungry Donations
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Multiple meat processing plants- shutting down because of covid-19 is having a negative domino effect on how meat gets to food banks across the state.
Fox 55'sjentill neal talked to the executive director of hoosiers feeding the hungry about the problem they are facing right now.
Jentill?
Hunter, hoosiers feeding the hungry is pretty overwhelmed right now with the amount of pigs they have and in order to keep up with processing- they need money.
Hoosiers feeding the hungry in garrett has plenty of pigs from farmers.
The meat processing plants it partners with are either closed or have slowed down production because of covid-19.>02:04:04-02:04:10 he smaller meat process theye used to doing probably 50 a weereesh per day.
Says processing one pig costs $200.
Th be es that can processed run the risk of ending up in landfills or being killed and going to waste.02:05:e -02:05:40 normally get this much livestock at a time.
It was mostly during the 4-h fairs and we would get quite a few.
Maybe we get a couple two and three here and there for the week.
With us getting potentially 500 extra a week, that a $100,000 bill.
That an average of 200 per pig, so we e really struggling with that bec want to on refuhe anything either also says they have to pay the meat processors who also have to pay their employees for working overtime.
The nonprofit is encouraging people to send money through their website or mailing a check or a money order to help offset processing costs 02:07:28-02:e had a lot of families calling, an i buy a pig?
Can i donate a pig?
We also had first farmers bank, they are buying pigse rom local farmers.
We paying the processing fees so that helping the local farmers not take such a big hit as far as actually having to donate them.
Treesh says treesh says 3 the meat 3 donations will stay in the community where financial assistance is received and all the meat goes to hunger relief agencies for free.reporting live in garrett jentill neal... fox