AgWired is helping spread the word about John Deere’s Project “Can Do.” You can do it too! Go to the John Deere Facebook page, click on the Project “Can Do” link and create your own virtual can. Here’s the AgWired Can Do of hunger whup-ass.

So let’s learn more about Project “Can Do.” I spoke with Nicole Schneider, Project Manager for John Deere. She’s one of the folks credited with the idea for the project. It’s interesting to hear how they had to strategically purchase cans of food of the appropriate size and colors needed in the sculpture. For example, Nicole says they had to have a certain number of cans of green beans and peas for the green and corn for the yellow, etc. She says that the Facebook page will be updated periodically with pictures of the sculpture being constructed and may even have a live feed of certain events.

You can listen to my interview with Nicole here: Interview with Nicole Schneider
To recognize the vital role that America’s farmers play in feeding the world this harvest season, John Deere is attempting a world-record at constructing a full-sized sculpture of its new S-Series combine from more than 300,000 cans of food at the John Deere Pavilion in downtown Moline, Illinois.

The more than 300,000 cans of food needed to complete the sculpture are donated by John Deere with delivery from Hy-Vee Food Stores. When completed, the sculpture will be 60 feet wide, 80 feet long and 16 feet tall and will weigh nearly 170 tons. The sculpture depicts John Deere’s new S-690 Combine, which is the world’s most powerful combine that can harvest more than 350 acres of grain a day.

After the public display is over in mid-December the sculpture will be taken down and the cans of food will be donated to the River Bend Foodbank.