Chatham Ontario, December 21, 2023 - AGRIS Co-operative board president, John Nooyen, and board directors, Jim Anderson, Pete Dieleman, Bill McDonald, Maurice Chauvin, Pat Vanheule, and Cameron McWilliams announced that the co-operative is giving back to their communities with a $18,000 donation to Harvest Hands.
AGRIS Co-operative Board Directors Pete Dieleman (left) and son (bottom right), John Nooyen, Bill McDonald, Maurice Chauvin, Pat Vanheule, Jim Anderson, and Cameron McWilliam (right), presents a donation to Harvest Hands. Jim Collins (middle), founder, and Amy Collins (middle), daughter, accept the donation on behalf of Harvest Hands.
Harvest Hands is a food distribution bank rescuing surplus food from retailers, bakers and growers to help agencies and thousands of families throughout Southwestern Ontario. Donations can be made to Harvest Hands website here.Jim Anderson, AGRIS ownership committee chair stated, "We wanted to continue giving back to the communities where we farm, work, and raise our families. At this time of the year we know people are having a tough time feeding their families and we wanted to continue to help."
About AGRIS
AGRIS Co-operative Ltd. is a 100 per cent farmer-owned grain marketing and farm-input supply company that serves more than 1,000 farmer-owners in 14 locations in Essex, Kent, Elgin, Middlesex and Lambton Counties. It is a leader in precision farming technology, seed, agronomy and petroleum services. The co-operative is a partner in Great Lakes Grain, a grain merchandising company. AGRIS Co-operative is a member-owner of GROWMARK, Inc. and markets products and services under the FS banner.
Visit https://agris.coop and https://fssystem.com for more information.