Tyson Foods, Inc. has completed a 10-city string of food donations, marking the end of a campaign in which the company donated 193,000 total pounds of protein to food banks across the southeast. As part of its 2012 “Show Us Your Nugget Face” promotion (www.ShowUsYourNuggetFace.com), where the public voted on their favorite children pictured with Tyson Chicken Nuggets, Tyson Foods [...]

Those of you who read this blog regularly know we don’t use the space for marketing purposes.  Our goal has been to make a positive contribution to the conversation about hunger in this country, and we believe we can’t do that by constantly trying to sell you Tyson products.  Check the archives. We’re going to break that trend today.  The folks from [...]

We’re doing a little experiment this month.  As part of Hunger Action Month we’re using Facebook to ask the public to cast votes for food banks located in ten areas rated among the highest with food insecurity.  The three food banks earning the most votes will receive a 30,000 pound truckload of protein each.  You can begin voting for your food bank of choice [...]

Feeding America’s recent Map the Meal Gap project showed that food insecurity in rural households is generally lower than in urban areas. Still, hunger persists on America’s back roads. Ask Sara Hodgson, executive director of the Loaves and Fishes Food Bank of the Ozarks. She says the need for food assistance in Carroll County, Ark., is like it is in [...]

Our friends at Capital Area Food Bank of Texas do a tremendous job of using social channels to tell their story. Here’s a video they produced of a recent collaborative effort among the food bank, Lift Up America and Tyson Foods.

By Ed Nicholson   We had a great event in Chicago Monday, where Tyson Foods, Feeding America and Lift Up America were joined by the Chicago Bulls and the Chicago Food Depository in announcing the donation of one million pounds of Tyson products to some Feeding America food banks to help them get through the holiday season.  That sounds like [...]

Tom Laughlin, Executive Director of River Bend Food Bank in Moline, Illinois, discusses hunger and the work of the food bank.   

        CMT and Tyson will Make a “Country Fried” Donation For Every Click on CMTONECOUNTRY.com NASHVILLE – July 17, 2008 – CMT One Country and Tyson have teamed up to donate a heapin’ helping of fried chicken to America’s Second Harvest to celebrate an all-new season of the popular CMT series, COUNTRY FRIED HOME VIDEOS.  Beginning in [...]

    Tyson’s Jenise Huffman appeared on the CBS Early Show today to announce a donation of a truckload of Tyson products in support of the network’s Facing Hunger, Feeding America food drive.  The food drive is a great effort on behalf of CBS and their affiliates to replinish stocks of the member food banks of America’s Second Harvest–the Nation’s Food Bank Network.  Jenise [...]

As food and fuel prices continue to rise, more people are turning to local food banks and pantries to help feed their families. To help meet the increasing demand for nutritious food, Tyson Foods today delivered more than 15 tons of protein — including chicken, beef and pork — to the Greater Chicago Food Depository.. Six thousand pounds of the [...]

BOCA RATON, Fla., February 19, 2008 – The Chief Executive Officer of Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN) today announced the donation of a truckload of much needed protein to the Florence Fuller Child Development Centers, Inc. and the Daily Bread Food Bank in West Palm Beach. Richard L. Bond made the stop as part of his visit to southeast Florida [...]

A donation commemorating 50 million pounds of Tyson products donated to hunger relief since 2000 was made at the Arkansas Capitol on February 6, 2008. In May of 2000, Tyson Foods made a formal commitment to play an important role in the fight against hunger.  At that time, we pledged to donate ten million pounds of Tyson products over a [...]

DAWSON, Ga., Jan. 16, 2008 – The chief executive officer of Tyson Foods, Inc., (NYSE:TSN) toured the company’s Dawson facility today, where he announced the donation of a truckload of protein to help feed hungry people in southwest Georgia. Richard Bond made the announcement of the donation of more than 34,000 lbs. of protein products to the Food Bank of [...]

The The Marrero family’s home and community in Camden, New Jersey have been extremely made over, thanks in part to Tyson Foods, Inc. , the world’s largest producer of chicken, beef and pork. Tyson teamed up with ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition to unveil a new home for the Marrero family and make a donation of 20,000 pounds of meat [...]

                                                                                    Richard Bond, CEO of Tyson Foods was in Buffalo on August 21, for a tour of Tyson Foods’ Russer Foods facilty.  During a media event at the Perry Street location, Bond announced the donation of a truckload of protein products to the Food Bank of Western New York.  The event was attended by Buffalo Mayor Byron W. [...]