Operators of the Eastern States Exposition have donated nearly 13 hundred pounds of beef to help feed the hungry.
The group purchased two prize-winning steers at the 4-H Beef Auction in September, at a cost of about 17-thousand-500-dollars.
The meat has been donated to three nonprofit organizations in Springfield and West Springfield.
Vendors at "The Big E" also donated nearly five thousand pounds of surplus food to Western Mass food pantries and soup kitchens.
(Photo provided by The Big E)
Photo: Christopher Evans