Abalimi bezithelo nemifino e-Ontario benze umnikelo ka-$25,000 wokusiza abantu base-Ontarian abalambile abadonsa kanzima ukuze baziphilise kulobu busika. Umnikelo ovela ku-Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers 'Association (OFVGA) uya e-Second Harvest, inhlangano esiza abantulayo enkulu yokuhlenga ukudla e-Canada esabalalisa kabusha ukudla okunomsoco kodwa okungathengiswa ngezinhlelo zesikole, izikhungo zabadala, izindawo zokukhosela, amabhange okudla kanye nezindawo zokudla zesifunda.
Umqedazwe we-COVID-19 uphonse izinselelo eziningi ezingakaze zibonwe kubalimi ngonyaka odlule, futhi abalimi bayakwazisa ukwesekwa abakuthola kuhulumeni nakubathengi njengoba bebesebenza ukuze baqinisekise ukutholakala komkhiqizo omusha, otshalwe endaweni. kwabakwa-Ontarians.
“Sibonga kakhulu ngawo wonke umuntu e-Ontario oxhase amabhizinisi endawo nokudla kwasendaweni kulo nyaka odlule. Njengendlela yethu yokubonga, siyaziqhenya ngokwenza lo mnikelo ku-Second Harvest ukuze sisekele imizamo yabo emikhulu yokunciphisa indlala nokumosheka kokudla," kusho umlimi wamagilebhisi kanye noSihlalo we-OFVGA uBill George Jr. "Siyaqaphela ukuthi lokhu kunzima. isikhathi sabantu abaningi, futhi sifuna ukubuyisela emiphakathini yethu futhi senze ingxenye yethu ukusiza labo abaswele.”
Nakuba abalimi abaningi ngabanye nabanye abasezimbonini zokukhiqiza besekela njalo amabhange okudla nezinhlelo ezisekela ukudla okunempilo, lo mnikelo mkhulu kunawo wonke owake wenziwa ngokuqondile yi-OFVGA.
Funda isihloko esiphelele ku-www.ofvga.org.
Ukuze uthole ukwaziswa okwengeziwe:
I-Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Grower's Association
www.ofvga.org