ATLANTA — More than 5,000 pounds of meat and poultry were donated to the Second Mount Vernon Baptist Church's Operation Andrew and Chosen Generations Outreach by exhibitors at the Annual Meat Conference, an event hosted by the American Meat Institute (AMI) and Food Marketing Institute (FMI) at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis on Feb. 16-18.
The packages of steak, ground beef, pork, turkey, chicken, lamb and other cuts were highlighted during the conference's Product Tasting Reception which featured more than 50 exhibitors, many of whom were able to donate their meat that was not used at the reception. . .