In an effort to provide the safest food possible to the 37 million people it serves annually, Feeding America, the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, is partnering with Cargill to further enhance its food safety practices. In 2007, Cargill provided initial funding for Feeding America to create its national food safety program. With its most recent grant, Cargill will continue to provide expertise on food safety.

Cargill recently donated $3 million to Feeding America, half of which will go toward implementing rigorous food safety enhancements. This includes training Feeding America’s 200 member food banks on best practices and working with a third party organization to audit the network for food safety excellence.

In addition to supporting food safety and sourcing enhancements, US $1 million of Cargill’s grant will support Hunger-Free Minnesota. The initiative is a statewide collaboration in Cargill’s headquarters community for corporate and community organizations to work together to close Minnesota’s gap of 100 million meals by the end of 2014.