Since I was less than ten years old, I don't know all of the motivations for that effort. I assume they were altruistic. It was a simple plan which involved the young people of Borculo. Henry Weaver owned several acres of land behind his house on 96th Ave. He owned the Borculo Feed Mill and was not a farmer, so that land lay uncultivated. The idea was to use that land to raise pickles that would be harvested by the local children and sold to H.J. Heinz. The children would receive some of the profits. One adult was chosen to be in charge of the operation, and that adult was my grandpa, Peter VandenBosch. I know the land was tilled, the pickles were planted, and there was a harvest. After that my recollections fade quickly because I only picked pickles one day and was then told not to come back. It may have been they had mercy on this youngster, or it may have been because of my lack of productivity, in any case I never returned to the pickle field and the scheme fizzled after one year.
It would be interesting to me if someone could contribute more details about this project. Just click on "Comments" above and share what you remember.