Project Description LFA organized a bus tour of 4 farms for municipal personnel. Area commodity groups were contacted to donate items for grab bags. Project summary and highlights: Personal invites were sent…
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Revive Fund – Grey Federation of Agriculture 2023
Project Highlight and summary The Saugeen Safety Village features interactive Classrooms and a Miniature Village with down-sized buildings, paved roadways, traffic lights, road signs, and hands-on safety demonstration sites. Full and half…
Revive Fund – Simcoe Federation of Agriculture 2023
Lasting and relevant impact to the OFA membership There were three areas in the Simcoe County region where there was no or very little weather station data. By placing the weather stations…
Revive Fund – Brant Federation of Agriculture 2023
Project summary and highlights 30 aluminum road signs were produced (10 corn, 10 soybeans, 10 wheat) and erected on high-traffic roads throughout Brant County. The goal was to increase awareness among the…
Revive Fund – Middlesex Federation of Agriculture 2023
Project Description: MFA sponsored Farm and Food Care Ontario which organizes the culinary tours for students for a $5000 donation. MFA contacted the farm hosts while FFCO handled the planning and execution…
Revive Fund – Ottawa Federation of Agriculture 2023
Project Summary As part of this year’s Revive Fund program, the Ottawa Federation of Agriculture produced 10 informational crop signs (corn and soybean) to be placed along trails and roadways within the…
Revive Fund – Oxford Federation of Agriculture 2023
Project summary and highlights: Elite Agri Solutions provided general safety training for the participants that included WHMIS certification. There was great discussion about safety precautions, and it was great to see several…
Revive Fund – Russell Federation of Agriculture 2023
Project Description: Funds were used to pay for Emergency, CPR and First Aid course for OFA members (children and staff as well) and for the lunch on the day of the course.…
Revive Fund – Huron Federation of Agriculture 2023
Project details: This is a public awareness campaign. We are distributing 2000 insulated grocery bags at 9 local grocery stores in the communities of Exeter, Clinton, Seaforth, Goderich, Wingham and Bayfield. Included…
Revive Fund – Renfrew Federation of Agriculture 2023
Project details: In the Know Training was held January 16, 2023 in Douglas, ON. This was a farmer targeted mental wellness training program. We had 15 attendees and 2 trainers on site…