VALLEY CITY, N.D. (CGI) – The following is a news release from Columbia Grain International (CGI.)
“It is almost World Pulses Day, and Columbia Grain International (CGI) is honoring the occasion with a new extension of its Community Giving Program: Community Giving Meals. Community Giving Meals bring the nutritious crops grown by CGI producers to the local community to highlight what their farmers grow, how to cook with them, and where these crops are exported worldwide. In honor of World Pulses Day, several CGI facilities are hosting free lunches on February 10th featuring versatile pulses as featured in recipes from the CGI Balanced Bushel Field to Feast Cookbook. Local residents will enjoy delicious, warming soups and chili, while learning about locally-grown pulse crops and how CGI makes markets for these foods around the world.
“Our mission is to nourish the world safely and that begins here at home,” said CEO & President of CGI, Jeff Van Pevenage. “Our local communities are pivotal in making sure our farmers’ nutritious crops make it to their final destinations, whether near or far, and these lunches are a way to say thank you.”
On Thursday, February 10th, The CGI facility in Valley City, ND is supplying beans and pulses to Valley City State University whose talented catering staff will prepare a lunch including minestrone soup, pulled pork and bean sandwiches, and baked beans from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., during which local CGI farmers will join to see how their pulses are being used in creative and scrumptious recipes. Students will learn about the importance of the farm-to-table philosophy and about agriculture in their region.
Local residents will have the chance to win a $50 gift card and the CGI Balanced Bushel Field to Feast Cookbook to try out a bevy of bean and pulse based recipes in the comfort of their own kitchen.”