Taking A Bite Out Of Hunger: Peanut Butter Drive Underway

October 8, 2013

The Escambia County Extension office, the University of Florida Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS), the EscaRosa Young Farmers and Ranchers and the Florida Peanut Producer Association are collecting peanut butter now through mid-November to help take a bite out of hunger.

The groups are accepting donations of unopened jars of peanut butter to be donated to local food pantries during Farm-City Week.

“Let’s keep children eating locally grown peanuts in healthy, nutritious, and yummy peanut butter,” is a slogan being promoted for the drive. The extension service said the average child will eat 1,500 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches before graduating high school.

Unopened jars of peanut butter of any brand can be dropped off until November 15 at any of the following locations:

  • Escambia County Extension office, 3740 Stefani Road, Cantonment
  • Escambia Farm Bureau, 153 Highway 97, Molino
  • Escambia County Public Safety, 6575 North W Street, Pensacola
  • Escambia County Community & Environment Dept. 223 Palafox Place, 3rd Floor, Pensacola
  • Gilmore Services, 31 East Fairfield Drive, Pensacola

For more information contact Escambia County Extension at  (850) 475-5230.

Pictured top: Local peanut grower Rodney Helton and his granddaughters. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under FEATURE TOP STORY, Features, News