Kane County Ag: Kane County Farm Bureau

The Purpose
Illinois farmers contributed over 1.7 million pounds of food and 1,800 volunteer hours to food pantries last year through their local Farm Bureaus. In 2008, our own Kane County Farm Bureau Young Farmers were recognized by the Illinois Farm Bureau with a “Harvest for ALL” Campaign Contributor Award for their hunger relief efforts.
But we think more can be done.

Every year KCFB helps stock the
shelves of local food pantries during
the Food Check-Out Challenge.

"Local Farmers Fighting Local
Hunger" will help feed your
neighbors, here in Kane County.

The Need
- 39,000+ Kane County residents live below the poverty line.
- 1 in every 11 people in Illinois do not have regular access to enough safe, nutritious food for an active and healthy life.
- The Northern Illinois Food Bank, based in St. Charles, distributed more that 22 million pounds of food in 2007.
- In its 13 county service agency, it helps feed
40,000 people each week.

The Project
The Harvest for ALL “local farmers…fighting local hunger” program was developed to encourage local farmers, members and consumers to support hunger relief efforts. Through Harvest for ALL, local farmers are being asked to donate the harvest or a set number of bushels from an acre of land to benefit a local food pantry, but everyone can play a part...

Farmers donate a portion of their
harvest, by the acre or the bushel.

Join these donors in
the fight against hunger:

Lenkaitis Holsteins	Jaynes Family
Pitstick Farms, Maple Park	Anonymous Donor
Randy's Vegetables	Robert Farley
Kane County Corn Growers	Mary Ann Mings-Tennant
Bob & Beth Gehrke	Heinz Bros. Greenhouse
John & Clarice Nepermann	Ramm Farms Inc.
Collins Farms, Wasco	Bruce & Patricia Hucker
Conserv FS	Francis E Greisen
Paul (Grizz) Stover, David Werdin, Eric Baldridge & Karl Kettlekamp	Richard & Mary Lee Pitstick
Elburn CoOp	Suzi Myers
Joe & Bonnie White	Al Hintt & Sons Trucking
Keifer Brothers	Bernice Thomas
Kenyon Bros. Company	Norton Farms Inc.
Bruce & Judy Krog	Joan Rieder
Mary Grommes	Bob & Carol Bronski
Glenn & Louise Johnson	Robert Swanson
Phil & Karen Stojan	Beverly Jacobson
James & Beverly Gillett	Scott & Jo Ann Grigsby
Randy Pauli	Leon Phelps
Wayne Schneider

Join the Effort
Your tax deductable donation can go to the food pantry of your choice - or as a donation to the KCFB Foundation to be put towards the Harvest for ALL campaign.
How?
If you are...
- a local farmer: Donate a percentage of the harvest from a field or set number of bushels.
- a non-farmer: Make a tax deductible monetary donation to the Harvest for All campaign.

Click here for a printable participation form.

Call us at the Kane County Farm Bureau at 630-584-8660 with questions or to sign up to join the effort.

Mail your donation to:
Harvest for All
The Kane County Farm Bureau Foundation
2N710 Randall Rd
St. Charles, IL 60174

Or sign up at one of these grain elevators as your grain crosses the scales:

Conserv FS	Sycamore
Delong Co.	Troxel
Elburn Coop	Maple Park
Grainco FS	Yorkville
Seeger's Grain	Hampshire