TREMONTON — Food banks in Box Elder County received large donations of locally grown meat just before the holidays.

On Friday, the Box Elder County Farm Bureau delivered 2,000 lbs. of pork to both the Tremonton Food Pantry and the Box Elder Community Food Pantry.

The deliveries are part of an effort started months ago by North Box Elder County Farm Bureau President Jeff Kent, in honor of the County Fair’s 100th year.

“I happen to be on the 100th anniversary of the Box Elder County Fair and Rodeo Committee, and so I thought it would be good to go back with the goal to try to feed 100 families in Box Elder County through the food banks ,” he said.

Local businesses in the community pitched in and donated funds to purchase local pork and beef and the Utah Farm Bureau’s Miracle of Agricu

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