Winnipeg, Canada
March 3, 2008
Monsanto Canada today announced it will once again set aside
$100,000 in farm inputs to support the Canadian Foodgrains
Bank's 2008 Community Growing Project program.
Farmer volunteers who manage the Canadian Foodgrains Bank
growing projects will have the opportunity to work with their
local Monsanto Canada field representative to access no-fee
Roundup Ready(R) technology, Roundup(R) brand agricultural
herbicides, DEKALB(R) seed and other Monsanto products for use
in their community growing project. Last year, almost 100
Canadian Foodgrains Bank growing projects took advantage of the
Monsanto product offer in order to reduce their input costs and
pass along a larger donation of grain and cash to the Canadian
Foodgrains Bank.
Farmer volunteers who manage the growing projects within their
community will have between now and March 14th to submit their
requests for product through their local Monsanto
representative. Once all the requests have been received and
catalogued, Monsanto representatives will enter them into their
system and then get back to the local growing projects with
confirmation of their request and details regarding where and
when they can pick up their product. All requests will be
entered during the week of March 24-28, 2008.
"Through our corporate giving program, Monsanto Canada looks for
ways to give back to programs in rural communities wherever we
can and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank community growing project
program is certainly a program that has been embraced by
farmers," said Trish Jordan, public affairs director with
Monsanto Canada. "We are generally over-subscribed for the
product that we make available but our goal is to try and share
what we have with as many projects as possible who are
interested in utilizing our technology and our seed products."
Canadian Foodgrains Bank growing projects typically involve
farmers and other supporters in rural communities coming
together to grow a crop that will be donated to the Canadian
Foodgrains Bank. Once harvested, the proceeds from crops grown
on community growing projects are donated to the Winnipeg-based
aid agency for use in its food programming activities overseas.
To learn more about the Canadian Foodgrains Bank visit
www.foodgrainsbank.ca.
"This year, we are celebrating our 25th year of working to end
hunger overseas," says Jim Cornelius, Executive Director of
Canadian Foodgrains Bank. "For twenty-five years, our work has
been made possible by farmers and other generous Canadians
through donations of grain and cash. The support we receive from
community growing projects is invaluable and is significantly
enhanced by the inputs they receive from companies like
Monsanto."
In addition to supporting the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Monsanto
Canada's corporate giving program supports associations or
programs with a focus on science and agricultural education;
agricultural awareness; leadership and development opportunities
for rural youth; and farm safety. For information on Monsanto
Canada's corporate giving program visit www.monsanto.ca. |
|
