CHICAGO, IL - As the company celebrates its fourth year of involvement with Ag Against Hunger’s annual New York Express fundraiser, C.H. Robinson recently teamed up again with a variety of grower-shippers to give back to local New York communities.

“We are so proud to work with other industry members and offer our expertise to help out in the local community,” said Luke Gowdy, General Manager at C.H. Robinson. “The proceeds will go to updating Ag Against Hunger’s warehouse cooler which will not only improve the integrity of fresh product, but will allow for more product to be stored, ultimately feeding more people in need and increasing fresh produce consumption across the U.S.”

Every year, produce companies in California’s Salinas Valley gather the region’s locally grown produce sold at Hunts Point Produce Market in New York. All proceeds of these sales go towards local nonprofit Ag Against Hunger, whose mission is to end hunger by channeling fresh and healthy surplus fruits and vegetables from local farms to food banks and schools. 

“We have great relationships with various grower-shippers as well as the board members of Ag Against Hunger,” adds Gowdy. “We will continue to utilize our resources and capabilities to move the industry forward and collaborate for a greater cause.”

After over a century of experience in fresh produce transportation, C.H. Robinson has coordinated the transportation and covered the cost of the freight services for the donation over the past four years. According to a press release, C.H. Robinson has built close relationships with various industry members in part because of the Western Grower’s Transportation Program, pioneered in 2007 as a joint effort to provide best in class transportation services to Western Grower’s grower-shipper members.

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