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The Peanut Butter Challenge

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What is the Peanut Butter Challenge? The Challenge is simple: Community members donate unopened, unexpired jars of peanut butter of any size in a friendly collection competition during the month of October to help combat hunger. Food insecurity has been linked to many negative health outcomes and has grown more widespread since COVID-19. At the end of the collection period, the jars are tallied, bragging rights are awarded to counties collecting the most peanut butter, and the jars go to local food pantries just in time for the holiday season.

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Why Peanut Butter?

Photo should be 800px X 600px - Peanut butter is a nutrient-dense, shelf-stable spread that’s made from a product grown in many areas of Florida. Many of those acres are concentrated in the Panhandle region, where the Peanut Butter Challenge originated in 2012. Did you know Florida ranks 3rd in the U.S. for peanut production?

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Where to donate

Photo should be 800px X 600px - Drop-off locations include most counties’ UF/IFAS Extension offices; FAMU Extension; partnering community locations; and University of Florida campus locations that collect for the on-campus Alan and Cathy Hitchcock Field & Fork pantry. Ask your Extension office for other locations, and local information.

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How is peanut butter made?

Photo should be 800px X 600px - Have you ever wondered exactly how peanut butter goes from peanuts in a field, to creamy, yummy goodness in a jar? Find out what the process entails. You can even make peanut butter at home!

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