TUCKER, Ga. — The Cooper Family Foundation of Oakwood, Ohio, has endowed the Virgil H. Cooper Turkey Fund to support industry research and recruiting, the USPOULTRY Foundation has announced.
The fund is in memory of Virgil Cooper, founder of Cooper Farms.
The Fund is in support of the Ensuring the Future campaign, which was initiated to enhance the sustainability and prosperity of the poultry and egg industry through the U.S. Poultry & Egg Harold E. Ford Foundation. To date, more than $7.7 million in commitments have been pledged for the campaign.
The first funded project of the Virgil H. . .