Grow Hope Field Day 2019 Posted By: Kiply Lukan Yaworski August 30, 2019 A Grow Hope Field Day was held Aug. 24 in Rosthern -- the project to feed the hungry around the world is a partnership involving farmers and donors, urban and rural, Mennonites, Catholics, and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, with 4-1 matching funds from the Government of Canada. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Michelle Hergott and her husband Brian have seeded 40 acres of Canola for the project. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Participants at a Grow Hope Field Day Aug. 24 in Rosthern, SK, north of Saskatoon. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Rick Guenther of MCC listens as Michelle Hergott of the Bruno area gives an update on the crop she and her husband Brian have planted for the Grow Hope project. There is still time to sponsor a full or part acre or more. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Donor Ted Janzen described how Grow Hope permits him and his wife Beverley to participate in raising a crop, and to help address hunger in the world. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Grow Hope Saskatchewan - 2019 Field Day showcased the project, farmers, donors, the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, and issues related to food and hunger. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Myron Rogal, coordinator of Justice and Peace for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Food prepared by Chef Jenni was featured at the Good Neighbours Food Centre in Rosthern during the Grow Hope Field Day Aug. 24. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Boulevard Gardens is a family-run urban project in Rosthern planted to benefit Canadian Foodgrains Bank. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Soup and bread was served at the Boulevard Gardens stop on the Grow Hope tour. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Sign about Boulevard Gardens at the urban garden, planted to help raise funds for Canadian Foodgrains Bank in 2019. (File Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Boulevard Gardens owner Joel. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Grow Hope participants stopped at stations in Rosthern to eat and to learn more about food security and hunger issues during Grow Hope Field Day 2019. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Visitors to five different stations took part in a quiz, sampled locally-produced food, and checked out a field sown for the Grow Hope project. There is still time to sponsor an acre, a part acre, or more. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)During Grow Hope Field Day 2019, Rick Guenther of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) serves up watermelon at the Grow Hope field cultivated by Nathan and Jeanette Janzen. (Photo by Kiply Yaworski)Diocesan coordinator of Justice and Peace Myron Rogal (second from left) is pictured with other leaders at an August 2019 field day for the Grow Hope project. It is one example of the many partnerships that the Justice and Peace Office has with groups working for a better world. (File photo by Kiply Yaworski)Three farm families in Sskatchewan are growing crops to address hunger, with donors helping to cover the cost of seed and other inputs -- proceeds from the sale of the crops on sponsored acres will go to Canadian Foodgrains Bank, matched up to four to one by the Canadian government. (Photos by Kiply Yaworski)Checking out the crop during the 2019 Grow Hope Saskatchewan Field Day. (File photo by Kiply Yaworski)
