IN THIS ISSUE

Breakfast on the Farm - October 4 - Wilmot Orchards, Newcastle

  

Ontario Agriculture Week - October 6-12, 2014

Ontario's Harvest Gala -
October 30, Bingeman Park, Kitchener

  

Farm & Food Care's 2015 Annual Meeting - April 14-15, 2015

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Chicken Farmers of Ontario (CFO) has introduced a new Specialty Breeds Chicken Program to support the increasing Ontario ethnocultural consumer demand for alternative breeds of chicken processed with head and feet on.   

The Specialty Breeds Chicken Program offers a significant new business opportunity for farmers looking to join the chicken industry and supply the growing Ontario market for specialty breeds of chicken.  

 

To learn more about how you can become a part of this new program, you are invited to attend a CFO Specialty Breeds information session being held in the communities of: Guelph, St. Jacobs, Clinton, Vineland, Delhi,  

Alymer, Leamington, Peterborough and Kemptville.  

 

For more information, please visit: specialtybreeds.ontariochicken.ca  

 

You can also attend one of two food-themed events on October 4, including FFC's third  Breakfast On the Farm event at Wilmot Orchards in Newcastle, and the annual  Holland Marsh SoupFest.

October 4 in Newcastle

Breakfast on the Farm...or in the orchard 

 

Ontario's second Breakfast on the Farm event of 2014 will be held at Wilmot Orchards in Newcastle on October 4. The 83 acre farm and orchard is the home of Charles and Judi Stevens and their family.   

 

Wilmot Orchards also grows nine varieties of pick your own blueberries, which are a main ingredient in many of the treats available through the on-site cafe.  

 

While at the farm, attendees can tour the orchard, visit agricultural displays, and see a falconer display how his birds of prey keep nuisance birds from preying on the Stevens' blueberry crop.

 

The event will include a complimentary all-Ontario breakfast for the first 2,000 visitors, followed by a tour of the farm. Over 1400 tickets have already been reserved.

 

To learn more, visit the Farm & Food Care website. You can also take a virtual farm tour of Wilmot Orchards by visiting the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow59BDVwGY8.

 

The Real Dirt on Farming - Farm Speakers' Bureau

In conjunction with the publication of a new edition of The Real Dirt on Farming booklet this November, Farm & Food Care will also be launching a farmers' Speakers Bureau program this fall.

  

Presentation skills workshops will be given across the province to farmers and agri-food industry professionals interested in learning how to give effective presentations on farm topics. The theory is that these speakers would then be equipped to give customizable presentations to local service clubs, school groups and other audiences. The speakers would also be given copies of the new Dirt on Farming booklet to leave with their audiences.

  

As a start, four workshops are being organized in the following areas of the province:

• November 18 - Metcalfe fairgrounds, Ottawa
• November 20 - Peterborough Lions Den, Peterborough
• November 25 - Ridgetown Municipal Centre, Ridgetown
• November 27 - Guelph Turfgrass Institute, Guelph

More courses will be offered in the winter months.

 

The day-long workshops will be free of charge although space will be limited to the first 20 participants in each. If you'd like to register or be put on a list for information about courses in your area, email info@farmfoodcare.org.

Submit your innovation to the Farm Invention Challenge

Farm Animal Care and Farm Environmental Update Newsletters

October 2014 updates on Farm & Food Care's activities in the areas of Farm Animal Care and Environmental Programming.

  

  

        

  

Farm & Food Care Foundation News:

Ontario's Harvest Gala October 30, 2014

Farm & Food Care Foundation Christmas Cards

 

Does your organization or company send Christmas cards or make donations for the holidays?  The Farm & Food Care Foundation will create a customized Christmas card graphic for you.  It's perfect for emailing or mailing. 

 

The cards can be customized to include your company's logo and message for a donation of $500.

Farm & Food Care can also coordinate the printing of the cards at cost.

 

For more information about the cards and to see sample designs please emaill info@farmcarefoundation.ca.

  

Golfers support Foundation

 

The Farm & Food Care Foundation has received some great donations through some industry golf tournaments this summer.

 

The annual Burnbrae Farms golf tournament held in August raised $500 from a Heads and Tails game played with golfers. Burnbrae Farms matched the funds for a total donation of $1,000 to the Foundation.

 

Foundation representatives were also on hand at the Poultry Industry Council's golf tournament in early September.  The Foundation and PIC split the proceeds from a Heads and Tails game and each organization received $325.

 

Special thanks to both Burnbrae Farms and to the Poultry Industry Council for partnering with the Foundation on these fundraising efforts.

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