12-21 IAN Xmas Beef

 Beef Counts and Agri Beef Delivered Early Presents to Hungry Idahoans. The Idaho Foodbank received an early Christmas gift, thanks to generous donations from Idaho’s beef industry. Last Thursday, Dec. 16, representatives from the Idaho beef industry presented The Idaho Foodbank with a check for $80,000, representing contributions from the pioneering Beef Counts campaign and a matching gift from Agri Beef Co.

 The Foodbank recognized the most recent beef donations received through the  Beef Counts campaign and was delivered in time for Christmas – 4,102 beef roasts of 3.5-4 pounds each. This gift totals about 15,000 pounds of nutritious beef into The Idaho Foodbank network. . This meat went a long way toward helping the Foodbank meet the goal of its Hope for the Holidays campaign – to provide holiday meals for every hungry Idahoan. Here’s Katlin M. Davis, Program Manager for the Idaho Beef Council: “Currently USDA guidelines recommend consuming an average of 6 ozs of protein per day per person which means the average family of 4 would need about 45 pounds of lean protein.”