The Sportsman Channel is in Chicago today feeding the hungry with meat and fish donated by hunters and fishermen. The Hunt. Fish. Feed. initiative is a unique program that is providing thousands of meals to America’s hungry. Residents at Chicago’s Cornerstone Community Outreach shelter will be eating a dinner of game meat and fish donated by sportsmen. It’s just one stop in a multi-city tour to bring nutritious meals to those in need. “We’re thrilled to bring our Hunt.Fish.Feed.SM initiative, a program that in its first year provided thousands of the nation’s hungry with nutrient-rich meals, to the Chicago community, especially during an economic time that finds more and more people in need every day,” said Todd Hansen, Chief Marketing Officer of Sportsman Channel, in a company news release. “We look forward to working with our partners at Comcast and Cornerstone to make this a successful and impactful event that will hopefully make a difference for Chicago-area residents.”
A green-living website Care2 wrote this about the program:
Why shoot an elk or a black bear though, when you could spend the money used for gasoline, bullets, permits, beverages and other hunting gear, on some much more affordable produce from a local market? And avoid killing wild animals. There’s already a massive food production infrastructure available that generates tremendous volumes of affordable food. In others words, it’s much cheaper to support people in need by donating food purchased from a local market.
But supporters argue that hunting and fishing will go on whether this program exists or not. This initiative provides a way for people to donate the wild game as a way to help others. Sportsman Channel started this multi-city tour in January, and will continue visiting one city each month.