The international aid organization continues with its original mission, last year helping feed 1.1 million hungry people
Forty years ago, four wise men tried to find a Christian response to hunger. From humble origins as the brainchild of John Weiler, Art DeFehr, Len Siemens and David Derksen, the Canadian Foodgrains Bank has become one of the most respected international aid organizations on the planet. Related story: Praising the prairie origins of the […] Read moreTag Archives Canadian Foodgrains Bank — page 2
Praising the prairie origins of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Mennonites and western Canadian farmers aren’t good at bragging about themselves. Both groups are immersed in a culture of humility. That’s perhaps why it took two outsiders to sing the praises of those humble people who founded the Canadian Foodgrains Bank 40 years ago. Related story: Foodgrains bank celebrates 40 years of giving “I’ve been […] Read more
Foodgrains bank responds in Africa
The Canadian Foodgrains Bank is joining 11 other Canadian aid agencies in June to help combat the escalating hunger crisis in East Africa. The organization says the crisis is “worse than anything seen in recent years.” “The Canadian government has announced it will match all donations made by individual Canadians to the Humanitarian Coalition until […] Read more
Foodgrains bank focuses on Pakistan
The Canadian Foodgrains Bank hopes people living on the Canadian Prairies will understand the impact and sympathize with the losses caused by flooding in Pakistan. “People, particularly here in the Prairies, know the impact of flooding on your livelihood and your farm. Crops in Pakistan have been failing after a good year and now they’re […] Read more
Foodgrains bank donations rose during pandemic
Canadian farmers offered record-breaking financial support during the COVID-19 pandemic to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a Christian organization that provides help to needy and hungry people around the world. According to Julie Derksen, supporter relations manager with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, financial contributions to the CFB rose 33 percent between 2019 and 2021, jumping to […] Read more
Ottawa extends support for foodgrains bank
The federal government commits to contributing $25 million a year for three years to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank
The Canadian Foodgrains Bank will be able to continue its global hunger-fighting and development work after the federal government agreed to keep funding it. International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan announced Dec. 6 that the foodgrains bank would continue to receive $25 million per year for three years, renewing its expired agreement. “When I look at […] Read more
Charity puts donors on the ground
People sponsor an acre of land, which is then farmed by volunteers; Grow Hope Sask. uses proceeds to feed the hungry
Fundraisers for charities are common, but not in the way Grow Hope Saskatchewan does it — by allowing people to sponsor an acre of land where they will then grow and harvest a crop, and then donate the money to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. “I think the closer that we can get to the growing […] Read more
Growing project gets jump on Mother Nature
Organizers had to scramble to stay ahead of the rain as they prepared to harvest barley for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank
Months had passed in southern Alberta with no rain. Growing projects for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank throughout the region saw the crops ripen early amid relentless heat and smoky skies. But as luck would have it, rain was in the forecast on the very day the Coaldale-Lethbridge project planned to harvest its 180 acres of […] Read more
Cows for Grain raises money for foodgrains bank
Proceeds from the Feb. 2 sale of 11 calves at the Olds Auction Mart will benefit people in other countries who need food and help. This year’s sale is the third time Al Rand of Bowden, Alta., has organized and contributed volunteer labour to the Cows for Grain project, part of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank’s […] Read more
Alta. foodgrains project marks quarter century
A record number of combines bring in the crop for the Central Alberta Foodgrains Growing Project near Blackfalds, Alta.
BLACKFALDS, Alta. — The early November harvest of 120 acres of canola marks a quarter century that the Central Alberta Foodgrains Growing Project has supported the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. While the COVID-19 pandemic halted the local organization’s 25th anniversary celebrations, it didn’t stop the important work done by Lacombe County farmers. In fact the 2020 […] Read more
