MATURA thankful for fresh baked bread

January 13, 2017 at 11:07 am CST

Pictured from left are CHS Creston Plant Manager Byron Day, MATURA Union County Outreach Director Marcy Lane, Upper Crust co-owner Cynthia Wolf, CHS Administrative Assistant Tina Siddens and MATURA Action Corporation Executive Director Ron Ludwig as they present fresh, baked bread to MATURA Food Pantry. (Contributed photo)

Residents of Union County served by the MATURA food pantry received a special, nutritious treat – fresh, baked bread – this holiday season, courtesy of the Creston Processing and Food Ingredients plant. Upper Crust, a local catering service, baked the bread and can be found on Facebook. Creston Plant Manager Byron Day and a small group of employees recently delivered 80 loaves of bread made with Honeysoy soy flour. Small tags attached to each loaf listed the bread’s special soy protein ingredient, manufactured at CHS Creston from locally-grown soybeans.

CHS’ local stewardship committee is passionate about food security in the area, and saw this as a great way to both increase brand awareness and provide an important diet staple – bread. They delivered homemade bread to MATURA’s Food Pantry two years ago and it was a tremendous success.

Ron Ludwig, MATURA’s executive director, couldn’t agree more.

“This is a great way to enhance the donated gifts and food boxes that we distribute to families,” Ludwig said. “We value the partnership established with CHS’s stewardship committee.“

Every month, a CHS employee and truck helps with the delivery of food from the state’s Food Bank to the MATURA location. MATURA Outreach food pantries serve individuals and families in six southwest Iowa counties.