The Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) released its annual report in August, showing Manitoba was the highest-donating province over the past year.
Manitoba's 50 growing and community projects raised almost two million dollars for CFGB last year, which CFGB executive director Jim Cornelius says is largely a function of good crops.
"When you have a lot of the fundraising based on crops and crop production, it depends a lot on the weather and a lot on the commodities grown, and the prices of those commodities," he says.
In 2014/15, Ontario accounted for the highest-donating province, but Cornelius says a poorer season was mostly to the cause for Ontario's 125 growing projects bringing in less money than Manitoba in 2015/16.
"We're quite concerned again this year in Ontario. It's been a very dry year," he says, "for many of the projects, their yields are going to be quite low... So we're going to be counting on the Prairies. We're hopeful for a better harvest here across the Prairies, and certainly some parts of Manitoba are doing very well, but prices are going to be down again, so we're not quite sure what the end result will be of this harvest season."
Source : Portageonline