Marcoot Jersey Creamery Launches Food Bank Fundraiser
April 15, 2025 | 1 min to read
When federal funding cuts eliminated local food buys for food pantries, the Marcoot Jersey Creamery in Greenville, Illinois, responded by launching their own fundraising campaign. The cuts, which impacted the $17.8 million Local Food Purchase Assistance program, created challenges for farmers and food banks. Despite these obstacles, the creamery aimed to fulfill a large cheese order for a local food bank, illustrating their commitment to community support amid funding losses.
When federal funding cuts eliminated local food buys for food pantries earlier this spring, the women behind an Illinois dairy stepped up with a fundraising campaign of their own.
What does a creamery do when a single entity purchases 48,000 pieces of cheese annually through federal funding that’s no longer available?
Illinois farmers and food banks started facing a challenge in March due to abrupt cuts to the Local Food Purchase Assistance program. The $17.8 million funding loss halted mutually beneficial transactions between farmers and food banks. Unable to fulfill a large cheese order to a local food bank, Marcoot Jersey Creamery, Greenville, Ill., launched a campaign to complete the orders as originally planned, despite funding cuts.
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