Reply(1) Hormel Foods and Publix donated more than 6,000 Hormel half hams — worth $85,000 — to Atlanta-based nonprofit Hosea Helps last week to help feed thousands of families in need in the metro during the pandemic. (Hormel Foods) ATLANTA, GA — An estimated 1.7 million people in Georgia will experience food insecurity because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Feeding America. Hormel Foods Corporation and Publix have stepped in to help. Hormel Foods and Publix donated more than 6,000 Hormel half hams — worth $85,000 — to Atlanta-based nonprofit Hosea Helps last week to help feed thousands of families in need in the metro during the pandemic. The donation was part of the Hormel Cure 81 Hams for Hunger program.