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COMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORNER

Viterra and the Canadian Foodgrains decision to volunteer for the project.
Bank to celebrate partnership “We’re so abundantly blessed. We
have so much food here in Canada—
too much food. There’s lots of places
Next month we will be celebrating where that’s not the case,” he says.
our successful partnership with the
Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB)
with a field event at Balgonie on Foodgrains Bank Executive Director
October 13. Speakers will include Jim Cornelius is grateful for the
Kyle Jeworski, Balgonie farmer support of both the Groeneweg family
Franck Groeneweg, Foodgrains Bank as well as Viterra.
Executive Director Jim Cornelius, and The Viterra group at the STARS
Member of Parliament for Regina- Winnipeg base.
“This is an exciting partnership for
us. Viterra has been a stalwart “STARS and its talented team
supporter of Foodgrains Bank of professionals have done an
community growing projects for many amazing job of developing the tools
years. Farmers are known for being and resources needed to save
resourceful, and working with what lives,” said Kyle Jeworski, Viterra’s
they have. This new partnership President and CEO for North America.
represents a creative way of using “Through its continued passion and
the resources available to us for an commitment, we have an invaluable
important cause—helping to feed and elite emergency medical service.
hungry people.” Viterra and STARS share a common
connection to rural communities
Viterra and CFGB’s field sign at Balgonie. across Western Canada, and we’re
In addition to providing the land,
Qu’Appelle Andrew Scheer. we will also provide the CFGB with proud to continue helping them tell
their inspirational stories.”
Last spring, we provided the CFGB a donation of $5 for each tonne of
with access to 42 acres of land crops donated to the organization
to farm around our terminals in through one of our 68 grain elevators The annual STARS calendar
Balgonie, Saskatchewan and Stettler, in Western Canada. campaign is a long-standing and
Alberta. Two farmers from each of important fundraiser for STARS. The
the areas volunteered their time to Viterra continues helping STARS tell
farm the land, and proceeds from the inspirational stories
sale of the crop will be donated to the
CFGB to support its food assistance
programs for countries in the Last week, Viterra announced
developing world. that it is continuing its partnership
with the Shock Trauma Air Rescue
Service (STARS) to sponsor its 2018
Franck and Kari Groeneweg farmed fundraising calendar. Viterra has
the land around the Balgonie terminal. sponsored the STARS calendar
For them, it was an important way to campaign since 2015 by covering the
contribute. full printing costs of each of the more

than 70,000 calendars sold across
“Using agriculture as a means of Western Canada every year. This
giving back is something we’d wanted year’s campaign kicked off at STARS’
to do for a while now,” explains Winnipeg base at an event with A STARS crew is dispatched to a farm to
Franck Groeneweg, on his family’s officials from both organizations. provide emergency medical support.