Poultry Growers Give Food Bank A Boost

Blue Ridge Area Food Bank employee Lyn Hall of Grottoes takes turkey donations from Cargill, Perdue Farms and the Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative on Wednesday and puts them in the Verona freezer for distribution. The food was donated as part of the Governor’s Bowl Chamber of Commerce Challenge. (Photos by Nikki Fox / DN-R)

The Commissioner of Agriculture Matt Lohr reads a proclamation by Gov. Bob McDonnell naming June Turkey month while visiting the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank Wednesday morning. The food bank accepted turkeys donated from Cargill, Perdue and the Virginia Poultry Growers Association for the Governor’s Bowl Chamber of Commerce Challenge.