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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News Record, 2014-06-18, Page 18■ ■ 18 News Record • Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Nuffield Canada hosting tour of Huron County later this month Gayl Creutzberg Special to the Signal Star For over 60 years, the international Nuffield Agri- cultural Scholarship Pro- gram has been providing unparalleled opportunities to some of the world's best agri-food producers and professionals. In Canada (http://nuf- field.ca/), a Nuffield agri- cultural scholarship is offered to 3 individuals annually and provides indi- viduals with the unique opportunityto: 1. Access the world's best in food and farming 2. Stand back from their day-to-day occupation and study a topic of real interest 3. Achieve personal development through travel and study 4. Deliver long-termben- efits to Canadian farmers and growers, and to the industry as awhole. Nuffield Canada is pleased to host and present the 2014 Triennial World Conference, a great oppor- tunity to learn more about Canadian agriculture, meet up with other scholars from around the world and build new relationships. The Triennial Tour The tour welcomes agri- cultural leaders from as far as Australia to Nova Scotia on June 15th. Scholars arrive in Ontario on June24th and will have the choice of two tours on June 27th, one to Kent and one to Huron County. Gayl Creutzberg and Crosby Devitt, both Nuf- field Scholars, look forward to hosting international scholars for a full day exploring Huron County. Within the Triennial's theme of prosperity, the tour will explore what it means to be resilient in these changing times. Tour #2: Exploring Resil- ience for Prosperity in Huron County SIM I'nM ROYAL LEPAGE Par HUI9i8 ri aain. lizartrand Witty Albert a Canaan NOM 11.11 u Cor Van Gaalen Cell 519-525-8340 cjgaalen@hurontel.on.ca www rplheartland.ca Office 519-482-3400 ■ PROPERTIES FOR SALE 10 acre farm property. 8 acres workable. 3+1 bedroom brick century farm house, bank barn and 2 older storage sheds located on paved road between Varna and Hensall. Call Cor MLS#432188 29 acre country property. 22 acres workable that are system tiled. 2200 sq. ft. 5 bedroom ranch style bungalow with many updates and a life time roof. Large concrete stamped patio with gazebo. Beautiful landscaped yard with pond. 40' x 64' insulated shed with in -floor heating. Well maintained property. Shows proud of ownership. Near Brucefield. 100 acre country farm property. 5 bedroom brick/siding house, 2 sheds & 1 barn. 40 acres workable rented for 2014. 60 acres mixed woodlot with walking trails located close to Port Albert & 10 minutes from Goderich. 189 acre ongoing Dairy Operation, 175 acres workable + 44.5kg of quota & drive through free stall barn with 75 stalls and space for 80 heifers. 4 BR farm house and all livestock included and machinery available. Located in the Auburn area. 1:L•1iiril*.iv1i•• 139 ac. w/55 ac. workable w/Aggregate Licence (Class B). Approx. 650,000-700,000 tonnes left + 80 ac. mixed woodlot. 2 BR log home. 40'x56' storage shed & beef barn. NEAR AUBURN Great 152 acre farm w/127 acres random tiled workable. 220' X 26' layer barn w/natural ventilation. 40' X 40' insulated shop w/in-floor heat. Lovely 3 bedroom home w/16' x 32' inground pool. Near Auburn. �[QlLldtl�:ltih� 89 workable acres & 8 acres mixed bush. 40' X 60' steel drive shed, 2 steel grain bins, 90' X 50' barn and Spacious 4 BR farmhouse w/wood FP w/stone hearth. MLS#938933 Dairy, Poultry & Cash Crop Farm Listings Wanted! Stop 1: Bayfield Berry Farm - 77697 Orchard Line, Bayfield In true Canada Day style (July 1st), we showyou our red and white Canadian Pride at the Bayfield Berry Farm for ever -bearing strawberries and cream. Currants and raspberries might also be in season. Resilience: In the past few years, there were losses due to early frost. This year, the farm lost peaches and cherries due to the long cold winter. More and more, trees and perennial crops are being considered an important component to resil- ience in agriculture, but still there are many challenges in the face of climate change. www.bayfieldbenyfarm.on.ca Stop 2: Schilbe Sugar Bush - 35314 Telephone Road, Bay- field Here, we venture into the Ontario bush to taste pure maple syrup at a modern maple -producing operation just up the road, which uses miles of plastic tubing, a vac- uum pump and reverse osmo- sis to deliver sap to the evapora- tor. www.ontariomaple.com Resilience: Sugar maples can be quite robust, but are sensi- tive to changes. As long as we continue to have freezing events, there should always be maple syrup, even though climate change is likely to affect sap flow. Stop 3: Lunch and Speaker at Park House Restaurant - 168 West St, Goderich via the `Square' The Town of Goderich has a great story to tell about resil- ience and how it bounced back after a F3 rated tornado tore across Huron County on the afternoon of Sunday, August 21, 2011, striking most of its Birthday Ar Club Jasmine Milligan Kaelin Wood Drew Feddes Kimberly Raithby June 18t June 18t June 20t June 24th If you wish to have your childs name and birth date in the Birthday Club for ages 1-12 Please Call Christy 519-482-3443 IT'S FREE!!! Call our In -Store Bakery to Order BIRTHDAY CAKES OR ANY SPECIAL OCCASION CAKE • MAGIC CAKES • CHARACTER CAKES • • BIRTHDAY CAKES • Made to your specification. Clinton OODUJ [kg D 6 Mary St., Clinton • 482-9341 significant features, including the Port, the town's Central Square (an octagon), its larg- est industries and damaging many homes in the surrounding area This was the strongest tornado to hit Ontario in over fifteen years. Enjoy a deli- cious local food lunch, overlooking the third-largest freshwater lake on Earth, and perhaps watching a ship being loaded with salt from the largest salt mine in the world at the Port of Goderich Resilience: Susanna Reid from the County of Huron Planning Department will tell us about this town's great story of resil- ience. www.goderich.ca/en Stop 4: Sifto Canada Evaporation Plant, Regent Street, Goderich Canada has three known major salt formations located in Western Canada, Ontario and the Atlantic Provinces. Sifto Canada in Goderich is the world's largest salt mine, producing 7,250,000 tons of salt annually. We will tour the evapora- tion plant where salt blocks, licks and bags for livestock are produced. Resilience: The tornado took only 13 seconds to cross the town and hit Sifto's evaporator plant directly, where 300 Km per hour winds ripped the roofs and sid- ing off most of the plant's buildings. The $40 million re -build meant meeting criti- cal delivery schedules, getting the work- force back on the job and giving the com- munity a much-needed bit of optimism. Just six weeks after the storm, the major- ity of the Sifto evaporator plant's work- force was back at work. In six months, the majority of the plant was weather tight and production was back in full swing on 90% of the equipment. www.siftocanada.com/en/about-us/ salt-canada Stop 5: Huron Commodities, Sharpe's Creek Line, Benmiller Huron County and area is also one of the best places in Ontario to grow edible beans because of a perfect combination of heat units, moisture and soil conditions that edible beans thrive in. Kidney's, navy's, adzuki's, pinto's, soya beans, some of which are exported to Asian markets, and white beans which are an important crop for Heinz's baked beans, are all grown here. Resilience: Huron Commodities special- izes in Identity Preserved food grade soya beans segregating them byvariety, size, and protein and sugar content for distribution to different markets in the food industry. They are under construction because their business is growing again. We will hear more about this and see a test plot of edible soya beans growing on site. www.huron. com For more information about this tour: Contact Gayl Creutzberg, 2013 Nuffield Scholar gumbootgourmet@gmail.com or 519-335-6333.