IONIA, MI — Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch, Michigan’s largest egg producer, has donated more than 300,000 eggs to food banks during the coronavirus pandemic.

The eggs were provided to Feeding America West Michigan and the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan in Flint, the company said in a press release. Herbruck’s has also provided eggs to other community organizations, “from Saranac to Ludington.”

“At Herbruck’s, we believe in going above and beyond to support our neighbors,” Greg Herbruck, the company’s president, said in a statement. “We typically donate over a million eggs each year, and we’ve upped the ante to help ensure Michiganders in need have access to nutritious food during this pandemic. We’ve already donated 300,000 eggs, which is about a quarter of what we usually donate each year, in the past three weeks and we have no plans to slow down.”

In addition to the eggs, the company says it has also donated 10,500 N95 masks to healthcare workers and first responders who are working on the front lines of the pandemic.

Herbruck’s is based in Saranac, and bills itself as the largest egg producer in Michigan. The company was founded in 1958 and supplies eggs to food service outlets and retailers across the country. It has about nine million laying hens and 900 employees at locations in Michigan, Indiana and Pennsylvania.

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