Monsanto Canada today announced details of its 2005 support for the Winnipeg-based Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Similar to support provided in previous years, Monsanto Canada will offer up to $100,000 of agricultural inputs to Canadian Foodgrains Bank community growing projects in 2005.

No-fee Roundup Ready(R) technology, Roundup(R) brand agricultural herbicides, DEKALB seed and other Monsanto products will be available to the more than 200 community projects in Western and Eastern Canada that are growing a crop for donation to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Growing projects interested in securing inputs for the 2005 planting season should contact their local Monsanto field representative to register their requests and arrange for pick up of their donated product at their local retail outlet.

"Through our corporate giving program, Monsanto provides support to organizations or programs that have a direct connection to agriculture, rural communities, youth and education," said Trish Jordan, public affairs lead with Monsanto Canada. "The Foodgrains Bank is a great fit for us because many of our grain industry and farm customers are also Foodgrains Bank supporters."

The contribution makes Monsanto Canada one of the largest agri-business supporters of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Last year, Canadian Foodgrains Bank farmer volunteers requested and received almost $93,000 in donated inputs from Monsanto.

Monsanto Canada has supported the Canadian Foodgrains Bank program for many years at the community level but formalized its commitment across the company in 2001 to facilitate and encourage greater support for local growing projects.


When harvested, crops grown on community growing projects are donated to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank to be used in its food programming activities overseas. Since 1983, Canadian Foodgrains Bank has provided over 930,000 metric tones of grain to people in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Eastern Europe. You can learn more at www.foodgrainsbank.ca.