The Royal Winter Fair 2009

From November 6 to November 10, I was at the Agricultural Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, representing NEOSCIA and TCC, promoting agriculture in North Eastern Ontario, and more importantly attempting to hand out 5 000 plus Temiskaming Crops Coalition magnets.

Overall, the experience was positive, people took an interest in the various research projects that are in the process of completing. Not surprisingly, the most popular project among the vistors was the weather station project, which is being done in conjuction with Nipissing University. The farmers who stopped by the booth took interest in the Bedstraw project. There was interest in this project even from farmers who farm and live outside of Ontario.

One of the more interesting experiences of the fair was a work sheet that a teacher from Delta Middle School in Toronto, made up for her grade 7 students. The questions involved farming in North Eastern Ontario, and the farming potential that exists here. So over the course of Tuesday, I had around 30 12 year olds asking me all sorts of questions, even ones that were not on their worksheet in regards to farming in the North.

Below are some pictures that I took from the fair.

By the way, I did managed to hand out around 2, 500 magnets. WOOT WOOT!





















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