Perdue Farms has teamed up with Feeding America to tackle the heightened food-insecurity challenge that further impacts families with an extra day this Leap Year. To do this, the company will deliver over 70 tractor trailer loads of its chicken across the U.S., providing 3.3 million pounds of chicken, or roughly 2.75 million servings.
Nearly 44 million people, including 13 million children, experience food insecurity in the U.S., according to USDA: Food Security Status of U.S. Households in 2022. Because Leap Year includes an extra day on Feb. 29, it also poses an extra day for people facing hunger to secure food for themselves and their families. Studies show that in 2022, more than 10 million households included adults who reported cutting the size of their meals or skipping meals because there wasn’t enough money for food. This is according to USDA: Statistical Supplement to Household Food Security in the United States in 2022.