Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Fifty million people around the world are near to or experiencing famine, up from 40 million in May, according to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. “There’ll be many malnourished. At least 20 per cent will be extremely malnourished,” said the organization’s executive director, Andy Harrington. Two out of every 10,000 of those people […] Read more
Hunger crisis deepening, says Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Raging drought, inflation and conflict drive food shortages
Dry times don’t dent a bumper crop of community goodwill
Reading Time: 3 minutes Even though it was a stressful year, that didn’t stop producers from across the province from stepping up once again for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. And some produced some surprising results. “We were very dry, but I guess we got the right rain at the right time, because the crop grew well and with record […] Read more
Foodgrains Bank has a new representative
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ary Vreeken is Alberta’s new representative for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Vreeken had been teaching community development at the University of Calgary’s faculty of social work and has an extensive background with humanitarian organizations such as Samaritan’s Purse, World Renew and the Foodgrains Bank itself (including a stint as international program director from 2007-09). He […] Read more
Foodgrains growing projects get land
Reading Time: < 1 minute For the sixth year in a row, Viterra is making land around five of its terminals available for Canadian Foodgrains Bank supporters. In all, the five locations — Lethbridge, Trochu, and three in Saskatchewan — have just over 300 acres that will be farmed this year. Some are traditional growing projects, while others are farmed […] Read more
Hail fears lessens for growing projects
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hail will be a little less of a threat this year for Canadian Foodgrains Bank growing projects. Alberta Financial Services Corporation is donating the first $80 an acre of hail insurance for every growing project in the province. There are 35 growing projects in Alberta this year and having hail insurance “provides a great sense […] Read more
Farmers and Canadian Foodgrains Bank set down deep roots
Reading Time: 4 minutes Across the country, thousands of farmers take time during their busiest season to harvest crops that will be sold to support the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. A few have been going for more than three decades, but many came to be during the 23 years that the charity, an alliance of 15 churches and church-based agencies, […] Read more
The need is greater than ever — and the volunteer spirit even stronger
Reading Time: 3 minutes COVID-19 has stopped many things, but not the volunteers of Canadian Foodgrains Bank growing projects. In Kneehill County, the Linden-Acme Foodgrains Growing Project will be planting its 17th crop — this year, it will be barley for silage, said Earl Jeninga, manager at Kneehill Soil Services. Anywhere from 30 to 40 people volunteer each year […] Read more
Foodgrains Bank feels effects of up-and-down summer
Reading Time: 3 minutes Poor growing conditions here at home could have far-reaching impacts around the world, as Canadian Foodgrains Bank growing projects struggle to get their crops off. “Most of the southern projects are done, but farther north, there’s almost nothing done,” said Terence Barg, northern Alberta regional representative for the Foodgrains Bank. “If the yields aren’t good […] Read more
Young Guns growing project going strong in second year
Reading Time: < 1 minute “It’s looking fabulous. I’m excited to see the yield.” Those are the words of Mikaela Lemay, an agronomist and leader of the Young Guns growing project near Trochu. The group of young farmers started their growing project last year when the local Viterra terminal donated the use of surrounding land to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. […] Read more
Long-running growing project finds land at last moment
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was a close call, but one of the country’s longest-running Canadian Foodgrains Bank growing projects has successfully seeded its 24th crop. “We did not secure this 70 acres until May 6, which is very late,” Doug Maas, a member of the Central Alberta Growing Project committee, said in an email. “Our committee was looking […] Read more
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