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Harvest underway on the first of the Landmark growing project’s two wheat fields on August 17.

‘Bringing in the sheaves’ a community effort

For the Foodgrains Bank growing project in Landmark, harvest means gathering together

By Geralyn Wichers August 31, 2021

It’s a hot, humid morning on a gravel road just outside Landmark. A gaggle of 30 or 40 dads, moms, young kids, teens and seniors clump together with lawn chairs and water bottles as eight combines whir to life. “Makes short work when you’ve got this many,” says Matt Plett, a committee member for the

News, Other

Foodgrains Bank program to bring COVID relief to African countries

The pandemic has made bad situations worse in countries struggling with conflict, displacement and economic disaster

By Geralyn Wichers June 15, 2021

A $10-million federal grant will help Canadian Foodgrains Bank partners bring aid to several African countries affected by COVID-19, the organization announced May 27. “(The pandemic) has made a bad situation worse,” said program manager Stefan Epp-Koop. “Many of these countries have conflict or political instability, high levels of displacement — people being forced to

H.E.L.P. growing project members Ron Tone (left) and Gerry Lahaie (right) with donated items outside Grunthal Auction Mart.

News

Growing project’s auction raises thousands for Foodgrains Bank

Dairy farmers, businesses donated livestock, food and products for the online fundraiser

By Geralyn Wichers May 21, 2021

The farmers of the H.E.L.P. growing project (Helping Everyone Live Properly) in southeastern Manitoba went online to auction off cattle, food, services and other items and raised about $48,000 for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. “If we can do a little bit to help, that’s a big start,” said Ron Tone, a member of the growing

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Foodgrains Bank disappointed yet hopeful after 2021 budget release

Canada is doing less than its fair share towards global aid and development, experts say

By Geralyn Wichers May 19, 2021

The Canadian government’s commitments to humanitarian assistance is a “promising start” but not what was hoped for or needed, says the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. “The federal government must make stable, adequate funding available for long-term development, to help lift the world’s poorest people out of poverty,” said Paul Hagerman, the Foodgrains Bank’s director of public policy in a news release

Andy Harrington is the new executive director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. He comes to the position with decades of international development experience.

News

New Foodgrains Bank head commits to standing with marginalized

World hunger on the rise after many years of decline, organization says

By Geralyn Wichers December 1, 2020

The Canadian Foodgrains Bank will continue to feed the hungry and work to change the systems causing poverty but it will be hard, said new executive director Andy Harrington and outgoing executive director Jim Cornelius on a webinar with supporters on November 10. Global hunger is on the rise after many years of decline, Harrington

Robert Gikunda trains Mary Karimi, a project participant, on how to use smartphones for data collection at a hotel in Mukothima, Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya on October 2, 2020.

Farmit Manitoba, Other

Recovery will be a long haul, says Canadian Foodgrains Bank

In the midst of deepening worldwide need, Canadian donors stepped up

By Geralyn Wichers November 24, 2020

For some families in countries without social safety nets, surviving the COVID-19 pandemic has forced them to eat less or sell assets that might have helped them recover, says the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. “The numbers of people who will be experiencing hunger are going up,” said Musu Taylor-Lewis, director of resources and public engagement at

Jim Cornelius visits with Victoria Loki and her baby, Cecilia, in South Sudan in 2015.

Farmit Manitoba, Other

Always on mission

Outgoing Canadian Foodgrains Bank executive director Jim Cornelius reflects on a career of international development

By Geralyn Wichers October 7, 2020

The food aid was two months late. Niger was in the grip of drought and for many complicated reasons, the food aid the Canadian Foodgrains Bank had ordered had not reached the village Jim Cornelius was visiting that morning. He sat under a tree with a woman and her child. As she told him they

African farmers disrupted by COVID will benefit from funds from the Canadian government. The Canadian Foodgrains Bank says such help is sorely needed.

News, Other

Federal funds to help African farmers

The $3-million program will focus on supporting small-scale farmers hit hard by COVID-19 disruptions

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 18, 2020

New funding from the federal government will support small-scale farmers in Africa, the Canadian Foodgrains Bank announced September 3. “The small-scale farmers we work with in developing countries have been significantly impacted by COVID-19 prevention methods,” said outgoing Foodgrains Bank executive director Jim Cornelius in a news release. “Drastic efforts to reduce the spread of

Members of the BMW growing project in  Boissevain plan this year’s crop via Zoom meeting.

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

Foodgrains Bank bringing food aid to locked-down families

Manitoba growing projects preparing to plant as fundraising becomes crucial

By Geralyn Wichers May 13, 2020

Canadian Foodgrains Bank growing projects in Manitoba are preparing to plant as usual despite the complications of COVID-19. These fundraisers will be more crucial than ever, as a worldwide health crisis quickly is becoming a food crisis, the organization says. “The situation is very dire. Families can’t last more than a few more weeks like

Bergmann (centre, in black shirt) with Foodgrains Bank staff on a tour in India.

Farmit Manitoba, News

Local farmer witnesses effects of agriculture training on food security

‘Mind-blowing’ learning trip to agriculture projects in India got Will Bergmann thinking about how to help closer to home

By Geralyn Wichers March 31, 2020

Will Bergmann is a foodie, so when his hosts in a remote Indian village began cooking, it just made sense to join in. Bergmann, a farmer and restaurateur from Glenlea, watched a group of men lift a metal bowl, about three feet across, onto an outdoor clay oven. As one man fed the fire with

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week low as Brazilian harvest looms; corn, wheat sag

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end lower, hogs mostly lower

CFIA adds controls for imports of Spanish feed ingredients after African swine fever outbreak

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