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Virginia peanut producers donate peanut butter to local food banks

Posted at 2:21 PM, Mar 05, 2017
and last updated 2017-03-05 14:21:32-05

FRANKLIN, Va. — Virginia peanut producers will take the super-nutritious peanut from the field to the food bank in the form of peanut butter donations during National Peanut Month in March.

The Virginia Peanut Board and Virginia Peanut Growers Association are working with Peanut Proud to contribute more than 10,000 jars of peanut butter to the Federation of Virginia Food Banks.

“Food banks always need peanut butter,” explained Steve Berryman of Surry County, a fourth-generation peanut grower and member of the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Peanut Advisory Committee. “Peanut butter is a good choice to donate to food banks, because it’s so high in protein and has a long shelf life.”

Dell Cotton, executive secretary of the Virginia Peanut Growers Association, said this is the sixth year Virginia’s peanut growers have donated peanut butter for the March celebration.