Thousands of pounds of food diverted from landfill, donated to charity by University of Guelph students
Two University of Guelph students are running a project to donate food that might end up in the garbage to people in need. Their prioritizing food security despite the pandemic and barriers they re facing.
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Posted: Dec 20, 2020 3:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 20, 2020
Farms that are larger than 20,000 acres account for 38 per cent of farmland in Saskatchewan. There are 2,433 operators running such large farms.(Todd Korol/Reuters)
Ever since, he’s been involved in selling farms in the Spiritwood area. He treasures the time he spends before dozens of neighbours who crowd onto yards, sharing coffee and pie as they bid. Every year, the farms up for bid slowly become fewer and larger as farm auctioneering also grows into bigger business. Selling a farm is “always emotional,” Schneider said. That’s because there tends to be one of three reasons for a sale: a bankruptcy, a retirement without succession, or a death. Each of these sales represents a small part of the centralization of agriculture a driving force behind urbanization in Saskatchewan.