Beef Farmers of Ontario is this year's winner of the Paul Mistele Memorial Award.
The award recognizes Ontario Association of Food Banks agricultural partners that have shown significant and enduring commitment to ending hunger in Ontario.
BFO contributed 40 thousand dollars last year for the purchase of 15 thousand pounds of fresh, ground beef for the food banks.
That amounts to about 45 thousand 5 hundred servings.
Ontario Association of Food Banks Executive Director Sharon Lee says that product was distributed to more than 80 food banks across the province.
Beef Farmers of Ontario President Bob Gordanier says beef farmers are proud to be part of the solution for hunger in rural and urban communities across the province.
The award is named after the late Paul Mistele, who founded Ontario Pork's Donate-A-Hog program in 1998.
