A proud mother, ICU nurse and dairy farmer from southern Ontario milking 110 holsteins
Fergus, Ontario, Canada
Joined August 2009
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More details on a study, published in January in the science journal Nature, which found "the carbon footprint of food from urban agriculture is six times greater than conventional agriculture."
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Your voice is needed! Together, OFA, CFFO & NFU-O are asking you to personally tell provincial political leaders that farmland must be protected for farming by June 5, 2023.
Use our Act Now tool below to read more & communicate your concerns: actnow.ofa.on.ca/
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Voter turnout in Wellington County averaging less than 20% ahead of election on Monday. bit.ly/3VJ008R
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#GiveawayAlert 🚨 In celebration of #LocalFoodWeek, OFA will be giving away a BBQ kit & condiment set! To enter, tag us in a tweet with a photo showing your locally-sourced meal. Use the hashtag #ISourceLocalFood to be entered in the giveaway twice. Contest closes June 10.
Helping students with needs - a great event
Check out "UGLF - 3R's Retro, Rock and Roll Fundraising Gala" eventbrite.ca/e/uglf-3rs-ret… @Eventbrite
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Today we're excited to announce the launch of four new virtual reality tours! Visit FarmFood360.ca to take a tour of a mushroom farm, veal farm, grain farm, or learn about genomics in agriculture. #FarmFood360
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(1/3) Facts on food retail prices, dairy product prices and farm gate milk prices. Food inflation since January 2010 has been 3 times larger than #dairy product inflation
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From @ONgov: "𝘖𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰’𝘴 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥 (𝘞𝘚𝘐𝘉) 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟤 𝘣𝘺 $𝟣𝟨𝟪 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯 [...]." Read more at bit.ly/3C3ikPF
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Many global school meal programs offer #milk as an important component of students’ meals and a key source of #nutrition. Find out more about #dairy’s important contribution to child #health: bit.ly/3tSBHYo
#school #meals #dairy #FoodSystems4SDGs #SDG4
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Congratulations to Dairy at Guelph's Dave Kelton @DrDFK on being named to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. There are few people focused on dairy cattle research in that distinguished group. Kudos to Dave for his research that contributes to animal and human health.
U of G Researchers, Dr. David Kelton, a professor in OVC's Department of Population Medicine, and Dr. Jim Petrik, a professor in OVC’s Department of Biomedical Science Named Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellows ovc.uoguelph.ca/news/u-g-res…
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There are currently three virtual candidates debates scheduled locally: two in Wellington-Halton Hills and one in Perth-Wellington. There will likely be at least one more but details are not yet finalized. bit.ly/3n2heiB
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Wellington Halton Hills All Candidates meeting to discuss Agricultural issues, Sept 9th 7:30 pm. To join via zoom us06web.zoom.us/j/8799278137… #democracy #ontag #Election2021
An article highlighting a real issue in agriculture, featuring our vet - Dr. Rob Swackhammer
Is the veterinarian shortage real or regional? farmtario.com/livestock/is-t… @harrcroft @RobSwackhammer
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Today @mary_ng announced a Canada-wide investment of $33M to encourage Canadians to shop locally. $9M of that total will be invested in Ontario, through the OCC, to support businesses in reopening & staying open so they can thrive as the economy recovers.
canada.ca/en/innovation-scie…
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"Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you're a thousand miles from the corn field." -Dwight D. Eisenhower
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NEW: The @OntarioCofC announces new rapid testing program - 760,000 rapid tests rolling out to businesses in the province. Tests will be distributed through local chambers and boards of trade, and businesses with fewer than 150 employees can participate #onpoli