Manitoba Egg Farmers and the Manitoba Harvest food bank are celebrating a donation milestone.
Egg farmers and community supporters donated 12,000 dozen eggs to the hungry in the province in October, breaking a record for the most eggs ever donated in a single month.
“It takes a province to feed a province,” said Vince Barletta, president of Harvest Manitoba, in a news release. “In this extraordinary year where Harvest helped more Manitobans than ever before, we are especially grateful for the ‘eggstraordinary’ support of our egg farmers in helping us feed families across our province.”
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The boost couldn’t come at a better time, as another less auspicious record was also broken this fall. The number of Manitobans using the food bank is at an all-time high.
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There are 170 farm families producing eggs in Manitoba and donating eggs has been a priority in recent years. Manitoba Egg Farmers has worked with Harvest for many years but after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization made a larger commitment to help all Manitobans access nutritious eggs.
Since 2020, it has regularly donated pallets of eggs to increase Harvest’s supply of healthy food and in 2022 donated two pallets of eggs per month (more than 20,000 eggs) and supported Harvest in purchasing two pallets at cost.
“We are so proud to have broken this record for the most eggs donated in one month and hope that these eggs make a difference for Manitoba families,” said Catherine Kroeker-Klassen, Manitoba Egg Producers chair, in the same release.
“We were able to visit Harvest in October and help pack eggs into cartons to give directly to families. Seeing the direct result of our donations – the sheer number of eggs in the Harvest warehouse – was incredibly humbling and rewarding.”
