Cargill Inc. recently announced donations totaling $4.9 million to the Feeding American Network of food banks. Funding of $1.9 million will comprise protein products for local food banks specifically for vulnerable communities. The bulk of the allocation will be to improve refrigeration infrastructure and equipment to repackage donated bulk proteins.
Over the past 35 years, Cargill has donated $28 million to Feeding America and member food banks. Worldwide in 2020, Cargill contributed more than $30 million to reduce global hunger through support of CARE, Heifer International, the World Food Program and Save the Children.
Cargill supports Means Database, an online platform to gather excess food inventory from supermarkets and restaurants for those in need.