CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, Ill. (WCIA) -- The Eastern Illinois Food Bank is celebrating a major donation.

At this year's Illinois State Fair, Governor JB Pritzker bought all of the "champion meat" and donated it to food banks in the Feeding Illinois network. And -- more donations soon followed.

14-year-old Austin Ater of Mahomet won in the poultry category; he chose to donate his chicken, EIF said.

Austin, the University of Illinois Meat Science Lab, University of Illinois College of ACES, and Illinois 4-H worked together to process the meat and deliver it to food pantries on the University of Illinois' campus. The donations included chicken, ground beef, ground pork, lamb, and goat meat.

EIF said the donations will provide "nutritious and culturally relevant protein" to students that are facin

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