Canadian Foodgrains Bank

Imagine a world without hunger. 

I'm sure we have all imagined this many times, and the task seems so large for any single person to accomplish. It takes the help and partnership of entire communities and nations to provide those that have next to nothing, with a nourishing meal that many of us take for granted. When people within a nation come together and support a certain cause, great things end up as the result. Earlier today I was having a discussion with my dad about what agriculture in Alberta can and has done to support the less fortunate and those in need of food, not only in Alberta, but all around the world. He informed me of an organization that he volunteered for called the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. 

The Canadian Foodgrains Bank is a partnership of Canadian churches and church-based agencies working to end hunger in developing countries by:

• increasing and deepening the involvement of Canadians in efforts to end hunger
• supporting partnerships and activities to reduce hunger on an immediate and sustainable basis
• influencing changes in public policies necessary to end hunger

The organization uses the aspect of agriculture to gain food donations from communities across Canada. When my dad volunteered, he helped combine acres of grain just outside of Lacombe. It's an amazing thing to see that agriculture and the desire to help the less fortunate has the ability to bring people together.                                              

COMMUNITY GROWING PROJECTS 

Community growing projects are a unique way for people to contribute grain and other agricultural commodities to help people who are hungry around the world. The Canadian Foodgrains Bank asks for donations through the growing project of certain crops including wheat, corn, barley, soybeans,peas, canola, sweet corn, silage and pumpkins.Projects range from 1/4 acre to several hundred acres. A typical project involves a group of people working together to farm a common plot of land. After the harvest, the production is donated through the Canadian Foodgrains Bank to their church members for overseas food and agricultural development projects.

I find this organization so intriguing because it allows agriculture related communities to donate their time and effort that will have such a huge positive result! Please check out the website posted below to the site for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, its an awesome site and has numerous other ways in which you can get involved or donate towards such a great cause. 

http://www.foodgrainsbank.ca/mission.aspx    

Agriculturally involved people helping agriculturally in need people across the world! 

-Jess