by
Constance Cullman, President and CEO, American Feed Industry Association
For the first time in recent memory Americans are seeing images of empty store shelves, long lines to get into stores, and closed restaurants. The novel coronavirus pandemic has created concerns about the stability and safety of the nation’s food supply.
Nearly 17 million people who recently lost their jobs are now wondering if they can pay their basic bills. The truth is, Americans have a lot on their plates right now but wondering from where their next meal will come should not be one of them. We in the animal food industry are working to make sure their actual plates are filled with the affordable and nutritious protein, aquaculture and dairy products that they have come to expect.
Like our counterparts in the human food industry, the animal feed and pet food
industries are an “essential” business, keeping machines running at roughly
6,200 US manufacturing facilities. Each
day these facilities are producing feed for America’s livestock, poultry and
fish as well as providing food and treats for our beloved animal companions.
While roughly 945,000 employees are working around-the-clock to support the
production of the US feed and food supply, the companies that employ them are
taking extra precautions to keep them healthy so that they can continue
reporting for duty.
However, maintaining a strong food supply is not all our industry is doing. I am proud to say that many of the American Feed Industry Association’s (AFIA) members are contributing time, resources and energy to serving Americans and the medical communities in other charitable ways.
For example, Alltech’s Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company in Kentucky is using its own supply of alcohol to make and donate much-needed hand sanitiser to city and state leaders fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. Biofuels producer POET was able to enhance the existing capabilities of its plants to create an all-natural, ethanol-based sanitiser product that will help alleviate the needs of high-risk groups, including assisted living facilities and hospitals, in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, area.
Read more HERE.
For the first time in recent memory Americans are seeing images of empty store shelves, long lines to get into stores, and closed restaurants. The novel coronavirus pandemic has created concerns about the stability and safety of the nation’s food supply.
Nearly 17 million people who recently lost their jobs are now wondering if they can pay their basic bills. The truth is, Americans have a lot on their plates right now but wondering from where their next meal will come should not be one of them. We in the animal food industry are working to make sure their actual plates are filled with the affordable and nutritious protein, aquaculture and dairy products that they have come to expect.
However, maintaining a strong food supply is not all our industry is doing. I am proud to say that many of the American Feed Industry Association’s (AFIA) members are contributing time, resources and energy to serving Americans and the medical communities in other charitable ways.
For example, Alltech’s Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company in Kentucky is using its own supply of alcohol to make and donate much-needed hand sanitiser to city and state leaders fighting the COVID-19 epidemic. Biofuels producer POET was able to enhance the existing capabilities of its plants to create an all-natural, ethanol-based sanitiser product that will help alleviate the needs of high-risk groups, including assisted living facilities and hospitals, in the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, area.
Read more HERE.
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