HATCH and Partners to Provide More Than 600,000 Eggs for Hurricane Idalia Relief

American Egg Board, Rose Acre Farms and Midwest Food Bank partner to donate eggs to families in need after disaster HATCH and the American Egg Board are creating a reliable pathway to fresh eggs in the wake of Hurricane Idalia by joining organizations across the protein supply chain to deliver eggs to families affected by the disaster. With participation from …

HATCH Donates 36 Coolers to Food Pantries In Need During Hunger Action Month

HATCH Donates 36 Coolers to Food Pantries In Need During Hunger Action Month  Coolers will enhance cold storage accessibility and combat 500 million pound protein gap nationwide In recognition of Hunger Action Month, HATCH, a national nonprofit dedicated to creating nutrition through access to animal protein, in partnership with the American Egg Board, is donating 36 cold storage coolers to …

Faces of HATCH

Here at HATCH, our team is small and mighty. However, we’re always on the lookout for individuals who want to make a significant impact in the community and who can help us in our mission to build a sustainable supply chain.  This summer, we’ve been lucky to bring on an Operations Intern, Jayden Turner. Jayden is a student at North …

HATCH-ING NEW PROTEINS: CHICKEN & BEEF

At HATCH, our mission is to build a protein secure supply chain by connecting animal protein direct from farmers to hunger relief organizations through an efficient, sustainable, and value-based model. There’s three key elements to this mission: partnership, value, and sustainability. We wouldn’t be making the impact we are today – more than 6M dozen eggs delivered this year so …

Fresh Connect Recap

Every day, our team at HATCH partners with food banks across the country to build a reliable protein supply chain through the delivery of fresh, nutrient-packed eggs. And yet, the opportunities to connect with our fellow food insecurity fighters in-depth and in-person are often too few and far between. That’s why we were thrilled to attend Fresh Connect Central’s Food …

Egglife and HATCH Partner to Make Eggs Accessible to Food-Insecure Communities

In a growing collaboration with HATCH, Egglife is committed to helping food banks across the country increase refrigeration space and quality protein options    CHICAGO, Ill. (March 9, 2023) – Egglife Foods, Inc., a Chicago-based innovator harnessing the power of eggs to disrupt the food industry with simple and nutritious egg white wraps, has announced a partnership with Indiana-based HATCH …

Indiana-based HATCH Provides Egg Coolers to Food Pantries

Six Indiana food pantries now have new coolers to store the eggs they receive thanks to a donation from HATCH, a national nonprofit based in Carmel, Ind., that partners with egg producers, food banks and food pantries to bring high-quality protein options to food-insecure families. “Our ministry thrives by giving out food and offering a free breakfast, and this cooler unit has been …

More Than Eggs – Feeding Indy During COVID-19

“What we get to do is an honor. We get to get up every morning and we get to feed people,” says Tony Wesner, Chief Operating Officer at Rose Acre Farms. Feeding people — it’s what farming is all about. So when the novel coronavirus turned the world of agriculture and food distribution upside down and the food insecure population …

Some Good News — Farm Feasts Help Feed Indy During COVID-19

Our nation’s food supply chains are a big ship that turns slowly. While many farms find themselves with extra product, food pantries supplies run low. COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on many people’s lives, bringing economic burden and added insecurity for those already vulnerable. HATCH for Hunger connects farmers and food pantries to help supply high quality protein, traditionally in the …

Cracking Open Record Giving

HATCH for Hunger starts 2020 with monumental month of protein deliveries. It’s a simple idea. Provide undernourished people with quality protein straight from the farm to elevate their lives and end hunger. Easy to say, challenging to accomplish. Now in its fifth year, the HATCH for Hunger program has reached new heights, providing 80,000 dozen eggs in the first month …

2019 A Record Year of Giving

On December 20, 2018 we began deliveries using this truck. On December 20, 2019 it got a long overdue new look. Why so long you might ask? In the 365 days in between, this truck delivered 663,308 DOZEN eggs, or for the 98% of you who will do the calculation, 7,959,696 eggs. Every single egg went to a food pantry …