Beef Counts Washington To Reach 1 Million Servings!

I'm so proud of the Beef Counts Program, if you don't know about it, it's truly amazing! Beef Counts is Washington beef industry's campaign to reduce hunger and provide a consistent supply of nutrient-rich beef for the Second Harvest Inland Northwest Network. It works because of collaboration within our industry The Washington Cattle Feeders, Second Harvest, Washington Cattlemen's Assoc , Washington Livestock Feeders Assoc. and Washington Cattlewomen's Assoc.

Earlier this month Washington state ranchers participated in another Beef Counts food distribution. Washington Beef Commission Director of Digital Strategies Bridget Coon

Coon: "Last week the Beef Counts program made its way up to Okanogan where about a dozen cattlemen and cattlewomen volunteered for a mobile food distribution with our partner Second Harvest. There the truck came up and provided 1,000s of pounds of food for the local community — that stays there. Including 750 pounds of ground beef provided by the Beef Counts program and AgriBeef."

"Since 2010, we have raised over $620,000 to provide beef to the food bank and that has equated to almost one million servings. We will achieve over one million servings of beef to our neighbors in need this year.

Isn't it inspiring to think that Washington's beef industry has come together to help feed the more than 40,000 people in the Inland Northwest who go hungry each week.