Redhead Equipment made the $20,000 donation Tuesday at their offices. (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)

By Michael Joel-Hansen

Field of the Future

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Jan 28, 2020 | 3:01 PM

Redhead Equipment is the latest business to get behind the Rose Garden Hospice.

On Tuesday morning at the company’s offices southwest of the city, a $20,000 contribution was announced in front of a crowd of around 20 people.

The company’s Field of the Future program helped raise the money. The initiative sees the company grow a crop which is then sold with all the money going to support a worthy cause.

“We seed it and spray it and harvest it and then take it to market for what we can get for it,” Scott Vanderlinde, agriculture sales manager with Redhead, said.

Vanderlinde said staff at the dealership donated their time to help grow the wheat crop. He said this year they were not able to raise as much as they had in past years given the crop and other factors.

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“It’s a little bit to do with current market conditions,” he said.

Since starting the initiative seven years ago, Vanderlinde said over $200,000 was raised to support a number of community groups. In past years the money from Field of the Future supported The Victoria Hospital Foundation and Buckland Fire and Rescue. Vanderlinde said they get lots of applications from groups interested in taking part.

“We’re just trying to spread it around and touch as many different charities as possible,” he said.

While growing the crop, Redhead used equipment from the dealership but also got support from other businesses. This ranged from a trucking company which helped them move the crop and also included a seed and elevator company.

Sarah Grassick a sales agronomist with Lake Country Co-op, said they helped out by donating fertilizer and other products. She added Co-op also provided some know how.

“We helped them with the products they need, the recommendations, making sure that they know that they’re doing what they need to do at the right time,” she said.

With this most recent contribution, the Rose Garden Hospice raised around $2.2 million of the $4 million needed to construct the building. Organizers are hoping to break ground on the site this spring.

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