Greene County Farm Bureau recently donated a grocery cart full of groceries to the Greene County Christian Action Resource Center in Jefferson.
The groceries were purchased at the Fareway store in Jefferson to commemorate National Food Check-out Week Feb. 16 – 22. The cart full of groceries had been on display at the grocery store during the week where shoppers had the opportunity to guess the farmer’s share of the items in the cart.
According to USDA Economic Research, farmers earn less than 20 cents for every food dollar purchase. The farmer’s share of the 135 items that were in the grocery cart was $30.75. Ben Murphy of Jefferson received a $25 gift certificate to Fareway compliments of Greene County Farm Bureau as his guess was the closest.
Greene County Farm Bureau thanked Fareway manager Doug Monaghan and Fareway employees for their assistance with the display as Farm Bureau promoted the bounty from America’s farms and ranches and how that bounty is shared with American consumers through affordable food prices.
