Petaluma Poultry associates present a check for $10,000 to COTS’ representatives in support of its Petaluma Kitchen. From left to right are Allison Howlett, Petaluma environmental manager, Daniel Morales, Petaluma plant manager, Matt Junkel, West Coast Senior Director of Operations, Ryan Jacobson, Petaluma safety manager, and Mike Johnson, COTS chief executive officer.
Perdue Farms’ Petaluma Poultry Makes Donation To Support COTS’ Petaluma Kitchen Mission To Feed Those In Need
July 7, 2017
SALISBURY, MD. (Friday, July 7, 2017) — Our Petaluma Poultry, hometown producers of Rocky® The Free Range Chicken and Rosie® The Original Organic Chicken, presented Committee on the Shelterless (COTS) in Petaluma, Calif., with a check for $10,000 to help feed the city’s homeless and low-income families. The donation was funded through the company’s charitable giving arm, The Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation.
“COTS’ Petaluma Kitchen provides much-needed nutrition to some of the most vulnerable individuals in our community,” said Matt Junkel, director of Petaluma Poultry operations. “The good work they do in helping so many in our community is commendable, and we’re thrilled to continue our support in their mission through this donation.”
COTS operates several facilities throughout Sonoma County, including in Petaluma, where it serves families, children and adults, providing life-saving shelter and transformative programs. Through the Petaluma Kitchen, where Petaluma Poultry associates regularly volunteer, COTS serves more than 108,000 meals per year.
“We are so grateful to have this most generous gift from our friends at Petaluma Poultry,” said Mike Johnson, COTS CEO. “The meals we provide not only feed the homeless, but they provide food resources for hundreds families, seniors and working poor who are struggling to make ends meet on tight budgets. This donation means that many local parents won’t have to make the decision between paying their rent and feeding their children.” To learn more about COTS, please visit www.cots-homeless.org.
About Petaluma Poultry
For more than 40 years, Petaluma Poultry has provided fresh chicken to the West Coast, with hatchery, feed mill, farming and packing operations throughout and around Sonoma County, Calif. We were a pioneer in the organic movement; our ROSIE® organic chicken was the first brand to carry the USDA Organic seal. We also offer ROCKY® and ROCKY JR® free-range chickens, raised on all-vegetarian diet and never administered antibiotics. We’re proud to be a member of the Non-GMO Project, working to assure the sustained availability of non-GMO options. To learn more, visit www.petalumapoultry.com.
About Perdue Farms
We’re a third-generation, family owned, U.S. food and agriculture company. Through our belief in responsible food and agriculture, we are empowering consumers, customers and farmers through trusted choices in products and services.
We focus on continuously improving everything we do, constantly learning, and sharing those insights across different production methods. That innovative approach is driving change throughout the company and onto farms. This continuous advancement is leading us toward our vision of becoming the most trusted name in food and agricultural products.
The PERDUE® brand is the number-one brand of fresh chicken in the U.S., and Perdue AgriBusiness is an international agricultural products and services company. As we approach our 100th anniversary in 2020, our path forward is about getting better, not just bigger. We never use drugs for growth promotion in raising poultry and livestock, and we are actively advancing our animal welfare programs. Our brands are leaders in no-antibiotics-ever chicken, turkey and pork, and in USDA-certified organic chicken. We’ve increased our support for the family farm by creating new markets, including specialty crops. Through agricultural services, we give farmers more options for the acre, including conversion to organic production and products and services that increase the sustainability of conventional agriculture. Learn more at www.perduefarms.com.
