By Alice McFarlane

Agriculture Roundup for Wednesday October 13, 2021

Oct 13, 2021 | 10:24 AM

MELFORT, Sask. — Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Drive Away Hunger campaign is adjusting during the pandemic to continue to provide food for Canadians in need.

FCC president and CEO Michael Hoffort said the organization is engaging the larger agriculture and food community in raising food and cash donations.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us there’s a very fine line between those who have the means to pay for food and those who don’t, since personal situations can rapidly change,” Hoffort said. “Whether our partners are growing, producing, processing or distributing food, we see an opportunity for them to help us replenish the shelves in food banks in both rural and urban communities.”

Drive Away Hunger hopes to collect food and cash donations equivalent to the cost of providing 20 million meals to hungry Canadians.

Since 2004, FCC employees, customers and community partners have provided over 85 million meals to food banks in Canada.

Raiders win 5-3

Defensive scoring leads Raiders over Wheat Kings

6h ago

GST Holiday

Federal government's two-month GST holiday begins

22h ago

Imminent need

Council set to discuss possible location for homeless shelter on 15th Street

Dec 14, 2024

Cash and food donations can be made online at driveawayhunger.ca.

–

G3 Canada is supporting mental health services in Alberta.

G3 is donating $25,000 to Alberta’s Mental Health Foundation, the province’s only organization raising funds to support, enhance and transform mental health and addictions care.

Due to the pandemic, G3 has been unable to hold grand opening events for its six Alberta grain elevators which opened in 2020 and 2021.

G3 CEO Don Chapman said it was decided to donate the funds set aside for those events to charity, including this donation to the Mental Health Foundation.

“The pandemic has had a devastating effect on our communities, including in the area of mental health and well-being,” Chapman said in a news release. “We’re pleased to be able to put these funds to use supporting and enhancing the mental health services available to Albertans.”

G3 has six high efficiency grain elevators in Alberta at Morinville, Carmangay, Wetaskiwin, Stettler County, Irricana and Vermilion and recently announced plans to build one at Rycroft.

–

The Canadian Centre for Food Integrity (CCFI) will hold its fifth Public Trust Summit virtually on Oct. 19.

CCFI president and CEO John Jamieson said the summit will explore the 2021 Public Trust Research findings and feature keynotes on building trust in the food system.

“This year’s summit is an incredible opportunity for participants to open up to new horizons. They will have access to key findings of our annual Canadian consumer research, and they will hear new perspectives from thought leaders on building trust in the food system,” Jamieson said.

The program will start off with public trust research insights about Canadian perspectives and top trends to prepare for the future.

There will be a presentation by international expert in agricultural and food policies Robynne Anderson who will discuss the United Nations Food Systems Summit and the legacies for the Canadian Food System.

Human behavior expert Fred Sarkari will deliver the concluding keynote and speak about understanding what motivates Canadians.

Those who are interested can register at the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity website.

–

alice.mcfarlane@pattisonmedia.com

On Twitter: @farmnewsNOW