Harvest project supports overseas hunger
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This article was published 03/09/2022 (1266 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Kola-area farmers began harvesting a plot of wheat Friday that will be used to help famine-stricken and developing countries overseas.
After enjoying the tradition of having lunch prior to the annual event, participants put 16 combines into action to harvest 250 acres of wheat in a single afternoon as part of the Crossborders Community Growing Project.
“These folks are working locally, but they’re thinking globally,” said Gordon Janzen, Manitoba and Northwest Ontario representative for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
Click here to see a time lapse video of the harvest
A significant portion of proceeds from the sale of the crop will go to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, which works with organizations in developing countries to fight famine and achieve long-term solutions for hunger.
The organization provides emergency food assistance and long-term development in more than 30 countries annually. Funds from Friday’s event will go to one of 15 member agencies.
Currently, for example, Canadian Foodgrains Bank is helping with drought on the horn of Africa, and with the flood in Pakistan.
The Crossborders project has operated for 38 years, and farms its own land near Kola. It’s one of 32 active growing projects in Manitoba that support Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
Smokies are cooked at the annual Crossborders Community Growing Project in a field near Kola Friday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
An organizer with Crossborders wasn’t immediately available Friday to provide an account of how the day’s task went.
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Emma Reimer watches wheat being loaded into a truck at the annual Crossborders Community Growing Project in a field near Kola Friday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Volunteers and family members eat lunch before harvest begins at the annual Crossborders Community Growing Project in a field near Kola Friday (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Six-year-old Clara Brehaut sits atop her father Andrew's shoulders while in line for the barbecue at the annual Crossborders Community Growing Project in a field near Kola Friday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Aaron Doerksen and his sons Axel, Gibson and Slater watch combines harvest wheat at the annual Crossborders Community Growing Project in a field near Kola Friday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
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Girls play on an old piece of farm machinery during the picnic at the annual Crossborders Community Growing Project in a field near Kola Friday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Combines harvest wheat at the annual Crossborders Community Growing Project in a field near Kola Friday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Don Neufeld, project co-ordinator for the Crossborders Community Growing Project, thanks volunteers before lunch, near Kola Friday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)
Lilly and Emely Tiessen of Maryfield, Sask., ride in a tractor pulling a grain cart at the annual Crossborders Community Growing Project in a field near Kola Friday. (Tim Smith/The Brandon Sun)