Reading Time: < 1 minute The recently concluded FCC Drive Away Hunger collected enough food for 6.7 million meals, far surpassing this year’s goal. The donated food was given to food banks, which assist 850,000 Canadians every month, with children accounting for 36 per cent of that number. There are more than 500 food banks in the country, with about […] Read more
Food bank drive collects millions of meals
Quebec ag spending trimmed, tax credits boosted
Quebec’s farming sector can expect a noticeable cut in program spending and a handful of tax credits and tax relief coming out of Thursday’s provincial budget. Finance Minister Carlos Leitao on Thursday announced a cut of about 15 per cent in program spending for the agriculture, food and fisheries ministry through the province’s general fund, […] Read more
Alberta students rally to help out food banks
Reading Time: < 1 minute A farm tractor pulling a trailer drove down the streets of Red Deer, Blackfalds, and Lacombe and stopped at eight schools earlier this month. And each time, hordes of students brought bag after bag of donations for area food banks. More than 2,000 participated in FCC Drive Away Hunger — an 11-year-old program that has […] Read more
Project Protein seeking livestock donations
Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge starts pilot project
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Interfaith Food Bank Society of Lethbridge has a new pilot project designed to help food bank clients. Project Protein is seeking donations of cattle and pigs from local farmers and feedlot operators so the animals can be processed into ground meat for food bank clients. Donors transport their animals to a participating abattoir, and […] Read more
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