Smithfield Foods Sends Products to New Orleans to Support Hunger Relief from Hurricane Ida
Smithfield Foods, Inc. has dispatched a truck carrying 40,000 pounds of protein to New Orleans to support hunger relief in the wake of catastrophic damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida, one of the most intense hurricanes to ever strike Louisiana, which left nearly a million residents without power or water on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
The 160,000 protein servings will be intercepted in Louisiana by Mercy Chefs, a Portsmouth, Va.-based non-profit that deploys to disaster zones across America to serve free chef-prepared...
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