The Arkansas rice industry this week donated 153,500 pounds of rice to the Arkansas Foodbank in honor of National Rice Month.
The donation came from seven mills and will provide more than 1.5 million servings of rice to help feed families, children and seniors across the state, according to a news release. September is also Hunger Action Month.
The participating mills were Windmill Rice Co. of Jonesboro, Riceland Foods Inc. of Stuttgart, Producers Rice Mill of Stuttgart, Riviana Foods of Carlisle, Anheuser Busch of Jonesboro, Ralston Family Farms of Atkins and Specialty Rice Inc. of Brinkley.
The rice will be distributed to the River Valley Regional Food Bank in Fort Smith, Food Bank of Northeast Arkansas in Jonesboro, Harvest Regional Food Bank in Texarkana, Arkansas Foodbank in Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas Food Bank in Springdale.
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