Wheat harvest on Wellington Crescent lawn raises $20K for Harvest Manitoba
Plot of wheat seeded earlier this year to showcase modern farming in city, raise funds for food banks
By Bryce Hoye
CBC News
Sep 11, 2021
Excerpt:
Harvesting grains isn’t something you tend to see inside Winnipeg city limits, but that’s what happened this week as a way of raising money for a good cause.
Rick Rutherford and some friends in the agriculture industry seeded a small plot of wheat on his lawn on Wellington Crescent a few months ago, to showcase modern agriculture in an urban setting.
On Thursday, they harvested the wheat and raised more than $20,000 in donations for Harvest Manitoba food banks.
“A lot of people in agriculture that were there, they’re experiencing a 50 per cent drop in their income because of drought, and they were out there with their wallets giving money to Harvest,” said Rutherford. “That was really touching to me.”
Members of the public were invited to the watch the harvest take place. Those who brought non-perishable food items to donate were gifted one of 80 donated loaves of bread made from wheat flour.
