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The Ontario Pork Friends of the Food Bank Program

Thanks to Ontario Pork and industry partners, the Friends of the Food Bank program has delivered over 1.1 million servings of pork to food banks across the province to support adults, children, and seniors facing hunger.

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About the program

What began as the “Donate-A-Hog” program in 1998 thanks to late farm leader Paul Mistele, has grown into Ontario Pork’s Friends of the Food Bank program. Regardless of what it is called, the goal has always been to get fresh, healthy, local protein to people in need.

Since 2013, Ontario Pork has generously committed $40,000 annually to purchase fresh, local pork for Ontario's food banks. They also challenge industry partners to get involved by matching this donation.

Thanks to the contributions of Ontario Pork, Ontario's hog farmers, and industry partners, this program has provided over 1.1 million servings of fresh Ontario pork to local and community food banks to support people facing hunger.

Thank you to our partners

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Program impact

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servings of fresh Ontario pork provided since 2013 to support adults, children, and seniors facing hunger

 

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local and community food banks across the province supported by Ontario Pork’s Friends of the Food Bank program

 

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farmers donate to this program and support local and community food banks

“Ontario pork producers are proud to partner with Feed Ontario to help communities alleviate hunger.”

John de Bruyn, Board Chair, Ontario Pork

Support the Ontario Pork Friends of the Food Bank Program

If you’re interested in learning more about this program, contact Shanade Thomas (Manager, Operations & Programs) at shanade@feedontario.ca or (416) 656-4100 ext. 2940. You can make a financial contribution to this program using the form below.

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