Beef Industry Increases Aid to Japan

The Cattlemen's Beef Board and the Federation of State Beef Councils, working through the Beef Checkoff Program, has doubled its investment now totaling US$200,000, ( UK£123,164) to help feed consumers in Japan who were injured, misplaced and left homeless and hungry by the devastating earthquake and tsunamis there. The funds will be handled through the Japan Relief Program established by the US Meat Export Federation.

"It's just about impossible to imagine the challenges those folks in Japan are facing right now," said Beef Board Chairman Tom Jones. "As human beings, we all feel a deep sense of sympathy for them. As producers, we want to provide some critical nutrition that the folks in Japan absolutely need to help them get through. And thanks to our checkoff program, we are going to be able to accomplish that." Read more ...

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