The Mississippi Food Network and Extra Table Feeds recently announced that Ridgeland-based Cal-Maine Foods donated 10,800 dozen eggs to their food bank distribution efforts.
“Our 5,400 dozen egg donation was gone in three text messages,” said Cassandra Mobley, interim CEO of the Mississippi Food Network.
Mobley says typically, her organization serves more than 150,000 individuals per month across 56 counties in the state, but the demand on the network’s supply chain has grown in recent weeks as more people seek food assistance because of the government shutdown.
“Some people may not have ever had to go to a food pantry that have been affected by this situation. You’ve got federal workers not getting paid right now and they don’t even know where to go,” she said…