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The Gardiner Museum Hosts a pair of summer parties in Toronto, while the MOMENTUM Gala in Vancouver supports Ballet BC

$33-million innovation challenge launched to support Canada’s food system

/CNW/ - The Weston Family Foundation today announced the launch of its $33-million Homegrown Innovation Challenge to spark creative solutions and encourage new...

“DUC has been working on the Canadian Prairies since our organization was established more than 80 years ago,” says Karla Guyn, chief executive officer for DUC. “We have a strong relationship with, and a deep respect for, the farmers and ranchers who steward the lands that support biodiversity in Canada. Working together, we can unite the needs of conservation and agriculture on this important working landscape.” Over the next five years, the Weston Family Prairie Grasslands Initiative will contribute $5 million to DUC’s conservation easement program that will see more than 10,000...

New $25M grant for prairie grassland conservation goes to 5 organizations More than 70 per cent of the country's prairie grasslands have been lost — mainly due to the conversion of grasslands to croplands, according to the Nature Conservancy of Canada, which received the foundation's funds to support biodiversity in the prairie grasslands. Social Sharing