$6.6 Million Grant From John Deere will Help Feed Americans Facing Hunger

Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) today announced a $6.6 million, three-year commitment of unrestricted funding from the John Deere Foundation to Feeding America^®. This grant reaffirms John Deere's commitment to hunger relief and supporting communities in need while honoring the work of farmers.

Hunger is solvable
More than 47 million Americans, including nearly 14 million children, face hunger each year.  At the same time, farmers grow enough food to feed everyone in the country. Some farmers are even burdened with excess crops that, if not left for waste (as 30% of food annually is), leads to detrimental costs in labor, storage, and transportation.