In appreciation of the frontline workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in rural areas, Seaboard Foods donated 43,000 pork servings to first responders and their families since April 23. Working with local restaurants in 32 rural communities across 5 states where the company has plant and farm operations, Seaboard Foods distributed 14,500 pounds of Prairie Fresh pork butts and loin and paid local restaurants to prepare the product for health care workers and first responders.
Thankful for the additional business brought about by the donation, local restaurants prepared meals to more than 3,500 firefighters, police, hospital and healthcare clinic employees and their families in Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and Iowa. Many of the partner restaurants had reportedly lost half of their business due to the pandemic. The Seaboard Foods partnership provided restaurants with the income needed to continue operation during the crisis while also allowing them to help their neighbors.