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More than 400 Provo area families will have food on their table this holiday season thanks to the Farmers Feeding Utah campaign.

On Friday, in conjunction with the annual convention of the Utah Farm Bureau, the Miracle of Agriculture Foundation’s Farmers Feeding Utah held a “miracle project” in Provo.

The food distribution was held at the Utah Valley Convention Center Friday morning with farmers donating beef, pork, milk, cheese, eggs, apples and other seasonal produce.

“Farmers Feeding Utah is a campaign of the Miracle of Agriculture Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that was set up as the charitable arm of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation,” said Matt Hargreaves, spokesman, in a press release. “Additional logistical and in-kind support has come from invaluable partners, including Utah State University (USU) and its Hunger Solutions Institute & Create Better Health program, and the Utah Department of Agriculture & Food (UDAF).”

Additional donations and contributions for the project in Provo have been made from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cal-Maine Foods of Delta, Dairy West and Farm Bureau Financial Services.

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Volunteers notified recently unemployed residents and those struggling with food insecurity with details about picking up the food.

“Donations to the Miracle of Agriculture Foundation for the Farmers Feeding Utah project are used to purchase, process and deliver food to families in need, giving both Utah families and farmers a hand up,” Hargreaves added.

To date, the Farmers Feeding Utah campaign has provided approximately 1.7 million pounds of food, with a retail value of more than $3.6 Million to approximately 40,000 Utah residents in the Navajo Nation, Logan, West Salt Lake, Vernal, Provo, Ogden, Kanab, Castle Dale, Orem, Layton, Grantsville, Oakley, Duchesne, Panguitch, Moab, Price, West Valley, Enoch and smaller community pantries throughout the Wasatch Front.

To make a tax-deductible contribution to this project, individuals and businesses can go to http://FarmersFeedingUtah.org.

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