Peanut Proud Inc. is a charity devoted to delivering peanuts, peanut butter and peanut -based therapeutic food (RUTF) to those in need both in the United States and in developing countries. We are an industry-wide, all-volunteer organization, so 100% of our funds help the hungry. Birdsong is proud to be a founding financial supporter and to have provided the volunteer manpower that ensures the success and continuation of Peanut Proud. Since the inception of Peanut Proud in Blakely, Georgia in 2009, Birdsong employees have served as the organization’s first two presidents and have provided over 10,000 hours of volunteer support.
Peanut Proud Inc. was established with three objectives:
Birdsong Peanuts provides support to each of these efforts annually and places a high priority on being a leader in all peanut industry humanitarian efforts.
As of 2014, Peanut Proud will continue its physical operations under the umbrella of the peanut industry’s broader humanitarian organization, Peanut Butter for the Hungry. This organization provides support for agricultural technologies that help improve peanut production in developing countries and increase the production of RUTF and RUSF—peanut-based nutritive medicine—and supplemental foods for malnourished populations.
Some of Peanut Proud’s efforts include:
For more information on Peanut Proud and information on how to donate, check out the website: www.peanutproud.org.