LAWRENCE, Mich. — It’s probably the biggest natural disaster you’ve never heard about — but you will if you walk into Jerry Pilch’s Southwestern Michigan Feed in Lawrence.
Near the counter are stacks of cattle feed that customers can buy to donate to farmers and ranchers devastated by a series of wildfires in the Plains states.
“$8 is basically sending a bag of feed with the family’s name on it,” Pilch explained.
There are also markers for those who donate to write a sort of post card of hope on the bags.
Farmers in southwestern Michigan are preparing to take supplies to farmers devastated by wildfires in the Plains states. (March 21, 2017)
Many recipients of southwest Michigan’s generosity lost their livelihoods to the fires in portions of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado.
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