By Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News

Ways in which farmers and donors from all walks of life — both urban and rural — are collaborating to create “a local response to a global problem” were highlighted at a recent Grow Hope Saskatchewan field day near Bruno, SK.

In conjunction with a popular Bruno Cherry Sunday event at St. Therese School of Faith and Mission in Bruno Aug. 7,the public was invited to drive a few minutes west of town to view the crop that area farmers Michelle and Brian Hergott have dedicated to the Grow Hope Saskatchewan project. The field day provided information about Grow Hope’s mission to raise crops, awareness and funds to battle hunger around the world.

Now in its fifth growing season, Grow Hope Saskatchewan invites urban and rural dwellers to learn about farming and the collective responsibility to be good stewards, while financially supporting Canadian Foodgrains Bank efforts to provide emergency food assistance and improve food security for vulnerable people around the globe.

How it works: Generous farmers in Saskatchewan have donated land and agreed to grow a crop for Grow Hope Saskatchewan. It costs $350 per acre to provide seed, fertilizer, fuel and other inputs. Donors from all walks of life are invited to sponsor a partial acre, full acre or multiple acres to help cover these costs. After harvest, the farmers sell the crop and donate the proceeds to Canadian Foodgrains Bank. The federal government matches these donations at four-to-one.

Grow Hope Saskatchewan is a partnership between members of Canadian Foodgrains Bank: the Mennonite Central Committee Saskatchewan, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, Development and Peace/Caritas Canada, and Canadian Baptist Ministries.

Find more information and/or sponsor an acre at the Grow Hope Saskatchewan website: www.growhopesk.ca

 

 

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