Monumental Public-Private Initiative Forms to Permanently Close America’s Protein Gap
May 27, 2026 /3BL/ — On the eve of World Hunger Day, a broad-based coalition of farmers, protein producers, hunger advocates and others announce the Coalition to Close the Protein Gap, a $40 million public-private initiative to permanently close America’s 800-million-pound annual charitable protein gap and deliver up to 3 billion protein-rich meals to American families every year.

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