Governor Reeves Directs Mississippi Poultry Association's Annual Protein Donation to Food Network and Salvation Army
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has designated the Mississippi Food Network and the Salvation Army as the recipients of the Mississippi Poultry Association's annual charitable donation for 2026. This donation comprises 519,600 servings of protein, specifically 97,500 pounds of chicken meat and 129,600 eggs. The products are sourced from various Mississippi farms and companies, including Amick Farms, Cal-Maine Foods, Koch Foods, Mar-Jac Poultry MS, Peco Foods, Tyson Foods, and Wayne-Sanderson Farms. These companies, while making individual donations throughout the year, collaborate annually through the Mississippi Poultry Association for this significant contribution. Since the program's inception, over 1 million pounds of chicken and 2 million eggs, totaling six million protein servings, have been donated.
