Farm Credit score Donates $85,000 to Area Food items Banks

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Westminster, MD, Dec. 23, 2020 (World NEWSWIRE) — MidAtlantic Farm Credit history, a associates-owned cooperative and an institution of the national Farm Credit score program, donated a full of $85,000 in December to regional foods banking institutions in their 5 point out territory:

• $25,000 to the Maryland Food stuff Lender
• $25,000 to the Food items Lender of Delaware
• $12,500 to Blessings of Hope in Pennsylvania
• $12,500 to Assisting Harvest in Pennsylvania
• $10,000 to the Mountaineer Foodstuff Bank in West Virginia (50 % of joint contribution with Farm Credit score of the Virginias)

“Our local communities are positively impacted by foods banks 12 months-spherical, and more so than at any time in advance of in 2020,” says Tom Truitt, CEO of MidAtlantic Farm Credit rating. “We are satisfied to be able to aid these businesses in our footprint and show our appreciation for their battle against starvation, in particular for the duration of this difficult yr. Several of our users and area farmers also lead assets to foods banking companies, which aligns with our mission to assist our communities through superior times and undesirable.”

These donations are in addition to $10,000 MidAtlantic Farm Credit rating gave to the Federation of Virginia Food stuff Banks earlier this yr a joint effort with Colonial Farm Credit rating and Farm Credit score of the Virginias.

“With food stuff donations continuing to be impacted, and as desire boosts when COVID-19 conditions develop, as a result of the generous money guidance of Farm Credit rating, the Maryland Food items Lender can continue on to acquire and distribute food stuff in area communities,” states Jennifer Modest, Maryland Food items Financial institution Senior Regional Application Director, “enabling us to far better serve our partnering packages who serve the community in a extremely direct way – supplying meals to people, persons, kids and seniors dealing with food insecurity on Maryland’s shore.”

“This donation will help us to offer our neighbors in want with 75,000 meals,” says Foodstuff Lender of Delaware Interim CEO Sanjay Malik. “It’s been a tricky yr for all of us, but especially our neighbors struggling with foods insecurity. Lots of of the households we are serving are trying to find help for the initially time in their life. We are grateful that so numerous in our community are lending a helping hand.”

For more information and facts about how Farm Credit rating supports community food banking institutions and battling starvation, visit mafc.com/site/farmers-struggle-starvation.

About MidAtlantic Farm Credit

MidAtlantic Farm Credit history is an agricultural lending cooperative owned by its member‐borrowers. It offers farm loans for land, equipment, livestock and generation crop insurance and rural home mortgages. The co-op has around 12,000 customers and above $2.8 billion in financial loans exceptional. MidAtlantic has branches serving Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is element of the countrywide Farm Credit score Procedure, a network of economic cooperatives founded in 1916 to offer a dependable supply of credit history to farmers and rural The usa.

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Katie Ward MidAtlantic Farm Credit rating 8883393334 [email protected]