Haul Out Hunger Helps Families in Need
Parents in financial need face even more difficulty providing complete and nutritious meals to their children during summer months when school lunch programs are not available. Haul Out Hunger continues the long-standing efforts of Iowa Select Farms and the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation to support local food pantries while highlighting and building awareness of food insecurity issues in Iowa.
Haul Out Hunger is a flagship program that continues the long-standing efforts of Iowa Select Farms and the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation to support local food pantries while highlighting and building awareness of food insecurity issues in Iowa.
Throughout the Haul Out Hunger program period in June and July, Iowa Select Farms employees travel more than 4,000 miles to deliver over 34,000 pounds of pork. The effort restocks freezers in over 100 food pantries and community shelves located in over 75 Iowa communities.
In 2024, the Deb and Jeff Hansen Foundation donated 2,870 cases of ground pork to food pantries, county food banks, community pantries and shelves, and organizations working to relieve hunger in 41 Iowa counties.
We're proud to be farmers, and also be able to give our power-packed protein back to Iowa families.
More about the program here