Foster Farms donates thousands of servings of chicken to Selma Food Bank

Foster Farms today delivered more than 35,000 servings of chicken to the Selma Area Food Bank to help feed local families.

Last month, the family-owned company announced a donation of 2.4 million servings of poultry to food banks and hunger relief organizations in Alabama, Louisiana and on the West Coast. Truckloads of poultry are now being delivered to these organizations providing lean protein to families in need. 

“Up and down the West Coast and in communities where we live and work, the economic effects of COVID-19 have been devastating,” said Foster Farms VP of Communications Ira Brill. “We are committed to supporting the important work our community organizations and longtime food bank partners are doing to fight hunger during these unprecedented times.”

“In all of the years I have worked on the front lines supporting those in need, I have never seen such a steep spike in demand,” said Jeff Harrison, executive director of Selma Area Food Bank. “Foster Farms’ donation comes at a critical time when need has skyrocketed. We are grateful for their generous support in helping put food on the table for so many.”

Foster Farms maintains production facilities in Demopolis, Louisiana, California, Oregon, Washington. The donations are a continuation of a decade-long commitment to fighting hunger and responding to community need in time of crisis.

Based in California’s Central Valley, Foster Farms was founded in 1939 by Max and Verda Foster. It specializes in fresh, all-natural chicken and turkey products free of preservatives, additives or injected enhancers.

The Selma Area Food Bank, opened in 1993, has the primary goal of feeding every neighbor in need. To this day the operation strives to put an end to hunger by distributing over a million pounds of food each year to our partner agencies in Marengo, Dallas, Perry and Wilcox counties.