Greetings to all of our Seeds of Life friends and donors.
This has been a difficult year for all of us as we deal with the health concerns of the coronavirus but in spite of this our growing project has gone ahead as usual. Our crop of soybeans was planted on May 26 in good soil conditions and we had the heat and warm rains needed to give us a good crop. Every year brings challenge in this farming business but this year it worked well with above average yields.
We also have had a great response from our supporters this year! Thanks to you we were able to plant all of the 72 acres on our farm at Alberton, Ontario for this project. We want to thank Corteva Seeds for their generous donation of soybean and winter wheat seed, County AG Services for their donation of supplies, and also Miller Farms for donating their machines and time to do field preparation and planting.
This crop was sold after harvest on September 30, and on October 9 winter wheat was planted for harvest in 2021. All of the proceeds from the sale of the soybeans, together with your donations after expenses, were a total of over $78,000. These funds were sent on November 9 to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank to be used in helping to fund the overseas programs of our member churches, working to end global hunger. Now, more than ever in the time of this pandemic, people who don’t have the resources to feed themselves are in need our help just to survive!
If you would like to help us with funds to grow next years’ crop, please click on the donation button below. Donations received from now to the end of 2020 will be given an official tax receipt from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank.
