Duda Farms to Donate 64,000 Pounds of Fresh Produce to Feeding America with Sony Pictures Animations


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Tue. September 10th, 2013 - by Sarah Hoxie

<p>Duda Farm Fresh Foods and a number of other leading fresh produce companies including California Giant Berry Farms, Grimmway Farms, and Cal-Organic are teaming with Sony Pictures Animations’ comedy, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, in a campaign to support Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> The campaign includes a series of donation events that will be held simultaneously on September 9 in Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta, Detroit, and Phoenix, according to a press release. Produce will be donated to Feeding America’s nationwide network of food banks and its 61,000 agencies, including food pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Bill Hader and Anna Faris from the film are expected to attend the donation event in Los Angeles to help spread the word about Hunger Action Month – a month dedicated to raising public awareness of the more than 50 million people who struggle with hunger in the U.S., and urging individuals to take action in their communities to help fight hunger.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> “This opportunity allows Duda Farm Fresh Foods to support Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month and help end hunger in local communities,” said Dan Duda, President and Chief Operating Officer of Duda Farm Fresh Foods. “We are committed to carrying out our family’s 87-year commitment of giving to those in need.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"> Each event will have activities for the whole family, including a chance to create your own ‘Foodimal’ star (based on the characters in the film) out of fresh produce, face painting, and appearances from local celebrities. Duda is donating a total of 64,000 pounds of fresh produce to the following food banks across the nation:<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Los Angeles Regional Food Bank (Los Angeles, CA)<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• The Greater Boston Food Bank (Boston, MA)<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Atlanta Community Food Bank (Atlanta, GA)<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">• Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan (Detroit, MI)</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>In addition to these donation events, specially marked packages of participating Dandy® produce will be tagged with Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 artwork with a QR code linking shoppers to Cloudy2win.com where they can find useful information including recipes, information about the film, and how they can help by making a donation to Feeding America. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.dudafresh.com/" target="_new"> Duda Farms Fresh Foods </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">