LOUISVILLE,
Ky. (AP) — Three hunger-relief charities will benefit from a $500,000
donation by the Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. and Kentucky
Farm Bureau Insurance Foundation in response to the effects of the
coronavirus pandemic.

The
donation is the largest single private donation made as part of
Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles’ Kentucky Hunger Initiative
launched in 2016, the Kentucky Agriculture Department said in a news
release.

“The
coronavirus pandemic is impacting people of every socioeconomic status,
but we know those who were already living in food-insecure conditions
are at an even greater risk right now,” Farm Bureau President Mark Haney
said in the release.

The
foundation raised $125,000 for the Clays for a Cause fundraiser, and
the organization tripled that amount with resources from Kentucky Farm
Bureau Insurance for a total donation of $500,000. The funds will go to
Feeding Kentucky, Glean Kentucky and Kentucky Hunters for the Hungry,
the release said.

“This
donation, in this time, demonstrates how Kentucky agriculture is not
only committed to growing food and fiber during a pandemic, but also to
marshalling funds to feed vulnerable Kentuckians affected by it,”
Quarles said.

The
company’s annual Clays for a Cause fundraiser was originally scheduled
for next Wednesday and Thursday. Last year’s sporting clays event drew
191 participants at Elk Creek Hunt Club in Owenton. The 2020 event will
be rescheduled.

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