Extension program collecting peanut butter for food banks

 Extension offices across North Florida will are collecting peanut butter in October to help feed hungry families in our area.

They call it the Panhandle Peanut Butter challenge.

You can donate unopened jars of peanut butter from October 1st through November 21^st at the University of Florida IFAS Extension office at the Apalachicola Bay Charter School, the Baptist Christian School and Trinity Episcopal Church, all in Apalachicola.

The Extension offices are working with the Florida Peanut Producers Association to send the peanut butter to food pantries from Pensacola to Monticello.

Last year the event collected 6,222 jars of peanut butter.

In addition to the donations, the Florida Peanut Producers Association also contributes more than 3,000 jars.

Peanuts are a major crop in the Panhandle.

Growers produced 244,000 tons of peanuts in 2016.

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