The soaring price of grain could have a serious impact on the efforts of a local charity to provide food aid to the third world. Henry Reinders is the co ordinator of the Bighead River Good Grains project in the Meaford area and says the higher the prices go, the less they food they can buy to send to these countries to feed people. He says they have a limited amounts of donations that restrict just how much grain they can purchase. Reinders says under a deal with the Canadian International Development Agency, half of the food they buy must be purchAsed in this country and the rest can be bought in the country of origin. For every dollar they raise, CIDA will contribute four additional dollars to help with the purchase of food. He says the Bighead River Project this year will be planting about 25 acres of grain and he says higher prices mean more money to be shipped to the third world. Reinders says the down side to this is even though the price of grain is high, so too are the imput costs like fuel and fertilizer and that will eat away at any extra money they raise for hunger relief. He says another fundraiser for the food grains project will be the 2nd annual antique tractor show to be held on August 23rd at his farm.
