REEDVILLE, Va. — September 2, 2014 — Omega Protein Corp. employees picked a cornfield clean recently, donating nearly three tons of produce to food banks in the Northern Neck.
The gleaning effort was a partnership between Omega and the Northern Neck Food Bank designed to get fresh produce on the tables of regional residents who need it.
"We're happy to help our community whenever we can," Monty Diehl, Omega Protein's senior director of fishing operations, said in a release.
"It feels great to know that we're helping to make sure that fresh food isn't wasted and is directed to those who really need it."
Omega owns and operates a processing plant in Reedville that turns Atlantic menhaden into fertilizer, pet food and Omega-3 fish oil. The facility employs about 300 people and is the last such operation remaining along the East Coast.
The gleaning took place Saturday, Aug. 23, at a farm near Reedville. Volunteers harvested nearly 6,000 pounds of corn.
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