{"id":33856,"date":"2018-11-17T07:57:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T13:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=33856"},"modified":"2018-11-16T23:09:23","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T05:09:23","slug":"generous-donation-results-in-agriculture-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2018\/11\/17\/generous-donation-results-in-agriculture-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Generous Donation Results in Agriculture Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Manitoba-New.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Manitoba-New.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"Manitoba-New\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Manitoba-New.gif 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Manitoba-New-147x110.gif 147w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Manitoba-New-228x171.gif 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Government of Manitoba Media Release | Manitoba Agriculture has established two new grant programs totalling $900,000 to support agricultural and economic development, following a generous gift from the estate of Alexander Cherban, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply touched by Mr. Cherban\u2019s unwavering support for the agriculture industry in his community and across Manitoba,\u201d said Eichler.  \u201cAfter careful consideration, these funds will support a variety of projects focused on maintaining and growing the agriculture industry in Manitoba and building a stronger economy in the Swan Valley area.\u201d      <\/p>\n<p>Cherban farmed for many years in the Swan Valley region and passed away in January 2013.  He directed the proceeds of his estate be given to Manitoba Agriculture. <\/p>\n<p>Following his wishes to support agriculture in Manitoba, $450,000 will be placed in an endowment fund with the Community Foundation of Swan Valley, with another $450,000 being used to create the Alexander Cherban Agriculture Industry Development Program.  More information on the program and the endowment fund will be released at a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The diversity of agriculture in Manitoba plays an important role in sustaining its economic growth and economic stability, the minister said.  Agriculture and food processing contribute 62,000 jobs to Manitoba\u2019s economy and directly employs about 30,000 workers.  An estimated one in 10 Manitoba jobs depend on direct and indirect spin-offs from agriculture, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about agriculture in Manitoba, visit www.gov.mb.ca\/agriculture or follow the Twitter account at www.twitter.com\/MBGovAg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government of Manitoba Media Release | Manitoba Agriculture has established two new grant programs totalling $900,000 to support agricultural and economic development, following a generous gift from the estate of Alexander Cherban, Agriculture Minister Ralph Eichler announced today. \u201cWe are deeply touched by Mr. Cherban\u2019s unwavering support for the agriculture industry in his community and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-33856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}