Follow Food Cycle 2009
Manitoba Pork Council (MPC) is pleased to present Food Cycle 2009, a major fundraising event with Winnipeg Harvest and the Manitoba Association of Food Banks.
Harvest supporter and cyclist Ken Livingstone pedalled the winding route of the Trans Canada Trail from the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border through rural Manitoba and Winnipeg to the Manitoba-Ontario border. Food Cycle’s 1,286 kilometre drive to raise awareness, food and funds got rolling May 22 and wound up June 7.
Hog farmers have supported Livingstone in person at his many stops, and they continue to urge other Manitobans to keep up the momentum by contributing non-perishable food and funds to Winnipeg Harvest or their local food bank. MPC’s famous Pick Pork Barbecue serveed pork on a bun at five Food Cycle stops: Brandon on May 26; Altona on
May 30; Morris on May 31; Winnipeg on National Hunger Awareness Day June 2; Selkirk on June 3; and East Braintree on June 7. They also supplied high quality pork sausages for pancake breakfasts along the route.
Find more information on Ken's journey and the fundraising efforts of Winnipeg Harvest at www.winnipegharvest.org And check out Ken's pork recipe of the day by clicking HERE.
You can still follow Ken's Food Cycle journey along highways and by-ways of Manitoba by reading his daily tales of the trail.
Food Cycle 2009 Ken's Daily Log
Day 1 – May 22 Manitoba-Saskatchewan border to Roblin
Day 2 - May 23 Roblin to Russell
Day 3 - May 24 Russell to Shoal Lake
Day 4 - May 25 Shoal Lake to Minnedosa
Day 5 - May 26 Minnedosa to Neepawa
Neepawa to Carberry (Brandon Pick Pork Barbecue)
Day 6 - May 27 Brandon to Carberry
Day 7 - May 28 Carberry to Miami
Day 8 - May 29 Miami to Morden
Day 9 - May 30 Morden to Altona
Day 10 - May 31 Altona to Morris
Day 11 - June 1 St. Malo to Winnipeg
Day 12 - June 2 National Hunger Awareness Day
Winnipeg - including special festivities at Winnipeg Harvest
Day 13 - June 3 Winnipeg to Selkirk
Day 14 - June 4 Tyndall to Gull Lake
Day 15 - June 5 Gull Lake to Not so Great Falls
Day 16 - June 6 Great Falls to White Lake
Day 17 The Conclusion - June 7 White Lake to East Braintree