Fort Collins, Colo. – In honor of National Agriculture Week, March 13-19, the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee (CWAC) and the Colorado Association of Wheat Growers (CAWG) teamed with ConAgra Mills to donate 24 tons (48,000 pounds) of Ultragrain® flour to the Food Bank of the Rockies. The donation, with a retail value of $32,500, will provide 9,600 5-lb. bags of the nutritional flour for distribution to families in need in Colorado. This is enough flour to make over 100,000 one-pound loaves of bread. This is the third consecutive year for this donation.
CAWG President Chris Tallman of Brandon attended Colorado Ag Day activities at the state capitol, where a check for $65,000 in cash and in-kind donations from members of the Colorado Ag Council was presented to the Food Bank of the Rockies.
“Ag Day is the one time of year that all the commodity groups gather at the capitol,” Tallman said. “It is a great opportunity for the farmers and ranchers of the state to remind our legislators how important agriculture is to the economy. It is also an opportunity for us to give back to those in need in the state. The number of people who use the Food Bank of the Rockies has increased with the downturn in the economy, and we are glad that we can help with our donation of flour.”
CWAC and CAWG are two distinctly separate organizations with different, but complimentary purposes. CWAC is the producer-elected Board of Control for the Colorado Wheat Marketing Order whose purpose is to decide how assessment funds are to be spent for research, promotion and education activities. CAWG is a voluntary membership association that lobbies on behalf of wheat growers at the state and national levels of government and provides special programs and benefits to dues paying members.
Source: Colorado Wheat