Tariffs and dry conditions are having an impact on how much canola farmers are able to raise to fight world hunger this year, but that’s not stopping Share the Harvest volunteers north of Edmonton near Gibbons.

About a dozen combines were working a 265-acre field about 40 km north of the city Saturday for the 23rd annual harvest event and barbecue, with the aim of raising $200,000 as part of the group’s efforts to fundraise for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank — a world-renowned charity focused on improving food security worldwide. Farmers in the Fort Saskatchewan area have been raising funds for the bank this way since 2003.

“We are very blessed to live in Canada,” said Share the Harvest secretary-treasurer Shaun Galloway. “There are so many people in the world that don’t enjoy the things

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