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The Riceland Foods Foundation Donates to the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie in Stuttgart

Kevin McGilton, Executive Director of the Riceland Foods Foundation, presents a $2,000 check to Fara Foster, the new Executive Director of the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie.

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The Riceland Foods Foundation Donates to the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie in Stuttgart

STUTTGART, Ark. (October 18, 2022):Kevin McGilton, Executive Director of the Riceland Foods Foundation, presents a $2,000 check to Fara Foster, the new Executive Director of the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie.

“Preserving our history and telling the stories of the people who were critical to the success we enjoy today is a worthy endeavor,” McGilton said. “I am excited Mrs. Foster has taken the reins of the museum and look forward to her future success as she strives to take the museum to the next level.”

The Riceland Foods Foundation is a regional philanthropic organization supported by Riceland Foods, a family farmer-owned cooperative serving rice farmers in Arkansas and Missouri. Riceland farmer-members individually support community activities and projects that are important to them. Each year the Riceland Foods Foundation provides a limited amount of grant funds to improve the quality of life in the farming communities of Riceland’s service area.

For more information regarding the Riceland Foods Foundation, please contact Kevin McGilton at kmcgilton@riceland.com

About Riceland Foods, Inc

Riceland Foods is the world's largest miller and marketer of rice serving 5,500 farmer members in Arkansas and Missouri. As a farmer-owned cooperative, Riceland stores, transports, processes and markets more than 2.5 million metric tons of grain each year, and its products are sold across the United States and in 75 countries. It’s also one of the Mid-South's major soybean processors. Riceland products include white, brown and parboiled rice, rice bran oil, soybean meal and oil and feed ingredients. Learn more at:Riceland.com.

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