Some central Alberta farmers are continuing their generous work in fighting hunger around the globe.

Every year for the past 23 years, locals come together to plant, tend and harvest a crop of CPS wheat, with all the proceeds from the sale going to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.

This year they harvested 100 acres of wheat, making them $48,000, which will then be matched 4-1 by the federal government.

Committee member Doug Maas says that we are lucky to live in a country that has so much, and we should be willing to help out countries that have less.  

“We have a great country in Canada, and we have a lot of resources, a lot of wealth, and I believe that it’s our responsibility that we should help those who are less fortunate. Those people that need some help and not even just for food and the basics of life, but for other people who may have food but they need help with other items such as implements, and seeds, and things of that nature.”

Maas says Lacombe farmers are always willing to put in the extra work for their cause

“We’ve always received tremendous support from the farmers who do all the spring work and then they do all the farm work for us. And they donate their machinery and their time and their fuel to do it, especially this year with the really tough conditions in the fall for harvesting.”

A total of eight combines and four trucks helped transport grain from the field to the elevators.

They had 75 bushels to the acre which Maas says is good considering the poor growing and harvesting conditions.

This year’s crops were located about 10 miles east of Lacombe.

You can find more information about the Canadian Foodgrains Bank by clicking here, or you can make a donation to the Central Alberta Foodgrains project, by making a cheque payable to :

Central Alberta Foodgrains Project, c/o Chris Dyck, RR3, Lacombe, AB, T4L, 2N3.