Rob Rosso, Sam Baker and Brad Hickman took part in this year’s Green Legacy tree giveaway in Centre Wellington. The goal on May 11 was to help distribute 5,000 native and locally grown trees.
GUELPH - The Guelph GoGo Grandmothers, a group that raises funds to support the Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) and the African grandmothers raising children orphaned due to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the region. The group will host a plant sale on May 18 at 63 Arkell Road, off Gordon Street. |
The Elora Farmers’ Market opened at its outdoor location, at Bissell Park, on May 11, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a host of vendors offering fresh market produce, baking, and other food products. The market will operate until mid-October at the park location every Saturday from 9am to 1pm, rain or shine.
Volunteers Nancy VanVeen, Anne Tinker and Claude Lacroix help out at the Elora and Salem Horticultural Society plant sale on May 11. |
It was a busy morning in Salem as the Elora and Salem Horticultural Society held a spring plant sale on May 11.
The Maryborough Horticultural Society held a plant and bake sale in downtown Moorefield on May 11.
FERGUS - Eager gardeners lined up early to snap up bargains at the Fergus Horticultural Society’s May 11 plant sale. The annual event is the society’s only fundraiser. It allows them to purchase new plants for the group’s gardens and to carry on horticultural activities throughout the year.
Local organizations and horticultural societies have the answer for budding gardeners and volunteers with the Guelph Township Horticultural Society braved a chilly morning to offer a wide selection of plants for local residents. From left: president Sylvia Grant, Jean Gordon and Mary Campagnaro.
DRAYTON - A local citizens group has announced plans to provide financial support to several community organizations. |
A weekly report prepared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF) and the Ministry of Rural Affairs (MRA). If you require further information, regarding this report, call the Elora Resource Centre at 519-846-0941. Office hours: 8:30am to 5pm. For technical information, call the Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877-424-1300 or visit the OMAF and MRA Website: www.ontario.ca/omafra
The Centre Wellington District High School’s Food School Farm officially turned the sod for the future food growing area of the school’s sustainable agricultural program, the Food School Farm, located next to the Centre Wellington Sportsplex. Fittingly, the plow was pulled by John Parkinson, a grade 11 student who refurbished his grandfather’s Massey Harris plow, bridging the past and future of agriculture.
GUELPH - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) scientists in Guelph are studying the nutritional benefits of Ontario-grown quinoa and amaranth as part of a project to determine the potential for introducing these South American grains to Ontario.
PALMERSTON - The Town of Minto agreed to waive the rental fee for the use of the Palmerston arena for the Palmerston and District Hospital Foundation Starlight Gala. |
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