Donate Wheat to Support Price

A very good question was posted on the Agri-Ville discussion forums today. "If we would give our wheat away, would it impact the retail price of bread?" The answer is no. The price of wheat has very little to do with the price of bread in Canada and other developed nations. Manufacturing, marketing and distribution eat up most of the cost of bread. For thsoe among us who bake our own bread, free wheat would have a direct impact on our daily cost of living -- if we milled our own flour. However, there is a way farmers can give wheat away and have an impact on the price -- donate it to the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. You can get information their website http://www.foodgrainsbank.ca/ Since 1983 it has given away the equivalent of 944,000 MT of grain. CIDA does four to one matching on donations by Canadians to a maximum value of $16 million per year; and you get a tax receipt for your donation. Your wheat will go to places where people die because they cannot buy food -- so it actually builds future demand by helping rebuild lives. Click here for their donation page This is a most sensible way to affect markets and affect change in the world.