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Maranda Klaver was named the
2019/2020 Huron County Queen of
the Furrow at the Huron County
Plowing Match gala on Friday
evening.
Klaver, daughter of Kasey and
Sofie of RR5, Seaforth, said the win
was exciting as it was her third year
competing for the title.
She said winning the crown, as
well as being named the winner of
the Best Plowgirl Award, was very
exciting for her.
Klaver, who won the Princess
crown in 2012, said that she was
once again very happy to represent
the Huron County Plowman
Association for the year.
Mental health in farming is an
important issue in Huron and other
agriculturally-focused communities,
Klaver said, and that’s why she
chose to speak on the issue in her
prepared speech for the event.
“It is the elephant in the room,”
she said, adding that’s why she
brought an elephant balloon for her
speech. “It’s a topic that everyone
wants to talk about, but farmers are
perceived as tough, as the last people
that will need mental health, so it’s
difficult.”
She said farmers work hard 12
months of the year, taking little time
for themselves, so mental health
issues in the farming industry are
increasing.
“We need to raise awareness of the
issue, and treat mental health as a
sickness, not a weakness,” she said.
“We can’t help if we don’t ask and
look at mental health differently.”
She said that the judges were
approachable when it came to the
interview portion of the day.
“It was nice, and easy to have a
conversation with them,” she
said.
The interviews, she said, are
always an interesting experience.
Having been through them not only
for her previous Queen runs, but also
as a Princess, helped to prepare her
for the competition.
Klaver’s impromptu topic was the
agricultural impact of meat
alternatives, which she feels isn’t
going to be as big an issue as others
do.
“Obviously everyone has their
own taste preference,” she said.
“People will pick the hamburger,
veggie burger or the Beyond
[branded] burger. They are
completely different products.”
She said that, while veggie or
Beyond burgers will be another item
on grocery shelves, each is its own
product and she doesn’t see people
who enjoy meat products switching
any time soon.
“I don’t think it will result in a
decrease in the market,” she said.
“It’s not a thing that will have much
of an impact on the agriculture
industry.”
When it came time to plow, Klaver
was prepared, she said. Not only did
she have a repeat coach from her
previous years, but she had been
practising at home.
“My dad actually gets me to plow
at home, so that definitely helped
with winning that award,” she
said.
Klaver is a recent graduate of the
University of Guelph’s Ridgetown
Campus having earned her
Agriculture Diploma. She said she
wants to continue to work in the
agriculture industry and is looking at
being the Queen of the Furrow as a
chance to help make some positive
changes in the local sector.
“I’m excited to be an advocate for
agriculture and to have the chance to
address the urban and rural gap,” she
said. “I’m looking forward to
plowing matches and fairs and any
other events I can go to spread the
word.”
Mackenzie Terpstra of Brussels,
one of two other competitors for the
crown, won the Friendship Award at
the plowing match gala.
Klaver honoured with Queen of the Furrow crown
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The crowning
Maranda Klaver of RR5, Seaforth, left, is the new Huron Queen of the Furrow. She was
crowned on Friday night at the Huron County Plowing Match gala by outgoing Queen Loretta
Higgins. (Denny Scott photo)
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