"It really visualizes the amount of need out there in the community," said Mayor Farkas

Talk about brown baggin’ it.

City council members went head-to-head Monday in their annual potato-bagging contest at the Calgary Food Bank — a component of their annual December challenge to raise the most money and food donations for the local non-profit, as it continues to face rising demand.

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Mayor Jeromy Farkas, councillors and their ward staff were at the food bank’s main warehouse in Alyth/Bonnybrook bright and early to bag as many potatoes as they could in 15 minutes.

Ward 6 Coun. John Pantazopoulos and his team ultimately won the friendly competition, bagging 880 pounds of potatoes.

Collectively, the council members bagged 6,340 pounds, all of which will be donated to foo

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