Wallace And Graham Partners With Yadkin Riverkeeper To Feed Healthcare Workers

Sunday, December 13, 2020 | | Author: Ben Stansell | Original Article

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Wallace and Graham partners with Yadkin Riverkeeper to feed healthcare workers

SALISBURY — With support from the Wallace and Graham Gives Foundation and the Waterkeeper Alliance, the Yadkin Riverkeeper will be providing sustainably raised barbecue pork and chicken to frontline caregivers.

The barbecue pork and chicken comes from Crossings Farm in Lexington and will be given to Lutheran Services Carolinas, who will distribute it to caregivers who are serving elderly and homebound COVID-19 patients on Dec. 12.

“We are grateful to the Wallace and Graham Gives Foundation for its sponsorship, which will assist Yadkin Riverkeeper in meeting its fundraising goals, while also providing healthy, river-friendly pork and chicken to those working on the frontlines during the pandemic,” Edgar Miller, the Yadkin Riverkeeper’s executive director, said in a news release.

The Yadkin Riverkeeper was set to host its “Pig Pickin’ Pickup” fundraiser but decided to opt for a different plan due to the surging number of COVID-19 cases.

Wallace and Graham has long been a supporter of environmental issues and has represented families who have been impacted by large industrial hog operations in eastern North Carolina. 

“Our firm is honored to support Yadkin Riverkeeper in its efforts to protect and monitor the public waterways of our region that supply drinking water to nearly one million citizens,” Whitney Wallace Williams, attorney and chair of the Wallace and Graham Gives Foundation, said in a news release. “Combined with its support of sustainable agriculture and farming, YRK is well-aligned with our law firm’s environmental values and practice. We thank YRK sincerely for the critical protection and advocacy it provides to our region.”

The Waterkeeper Alliance and NC Pure Farms, Pure Water campaign also helped provide resources for the Yadkin Riverkeeper to pay farmers market value for the pork and chicken, which will be cooked by Shakerag BBQ. The Yadkin Riverkeeper is working with small, sustainable livestock farms to implement river-friendly best management practices to provide an alternative to industrial scale concentrated animal feeding operations.

“Being able to support small, sustainable family farms by direct purchases, is one way our organization can help ensure those farms can grow and prosper,” Riverkeeper Brian Fannon said in a news release.

To support the project, one can visit www.yadkinriverkeeper.org.