Conservation Federation of Missouri!

Guidelines

Share the Harvest

Requests to participate in Share the Harvest should be submitted to the director of the Conservation Department through a local conservation agent. Requests must include names of participating meat processors and the distributing agency.
Meat processors must be licensed by the Conservation Department to process deer and be subject to government health inspection, or be approved by the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s Meat Inspection Program.
State and local health regulations must be followed.
A conservation agent must initially approve the coordinator, processors and distributing agency.
Only venison from white-tailed deer legally taken in Missouri will be accepted.
Donated venison must be processed at approved meat processing facilities.
Records detailing number of donors, pounds of donated venison, and charitable recipient group must be kept by the coordinator, and submitted to the local conservation agent no later than Feb. 1.
Donated venison must be stored and transported in department-provided plastic bags that display the Share the Harvest logo, or in approved containers clearly marked with Share the Harvest labels.
Venison may not be served cooked by the distributing agency, and must be frozen at some time prior to being eaten.
All donated venison must be distributed by May 1.
Approval for participation is required annually.