Reading Time: < 1 minute With millions of people in southern Africa and Ethiopia facing extreme drought this year, Canadian Foodgrains Bank is asking Canadians to donate to its African Drought Appeal. The prolonged drought, which affects about 14 million people in southern Africa, and another 10 million in Ethiopia, is a consequence of the most powerful El Niño event […] Read more
Foodgrains Bank launches African Drought Appeal
‘Winning’ the Silver Shovel is a giving tradition in Bonnyville
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s one of the hottest silent auctions in Bonnyville — who will win the Silver Shovel? Every spring for 20 years, bidders have turned out in the community to win a chance to support the local Canadian Foodgrains Bank Northeast Growing Project. With a bid of $3,200, this year’s winners are four local churches: The […] Read more
Ontario farmers can view antique tractors and support the Foodgrains Bank
John and Eunice Bosomworth’s antique John Deere tractor collection in Ayton, Ont. started in 1966 with a single tractor. Today it has grown to about 100 tractors, many of them restored by John, along with other antique items from rural Canadian life such as cream separators, horse drawn sleighs, plows, hay forks, signs and more. On […] Read more
Africa needs a brown, not green, revolution
Reading Time: 2 minutes Two Canadian Foodgrains Bank-supported projects that promote conservation agriculture in Zimbabwe and Zambia have been featured in a new book about food security in Africa. The projects, operated together with the United Church of Canada and Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, are included as case studies in The Hungry Continent: African Agriculture and Food Insecurity, […] Read more
CFGB Receives Record Donations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian Foodgrains Bank received $12.4 million in donations during the 2008-09 fiscal year, $4 million more than its previous annual record. “Despite the recession we’ve seen the generosity of Canadians increase this year,” said Jim Cornelius, executive director of Canadian Foodgrains Bank. “We are pleased and humbled to see so many people committed to the […] Read more
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