The Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-06-10, Page 7Educational 'farm field'
dining experience
planned for July 3
Bruce
Federation of
Agriculture
A freshly cut hay field near
Kincardine will be the dining
area for a new event called
"Real Farm. Real Food. Real
Experience."
The Bruce County Fed-
eration of Agriculture's
local agriculture experi-
ence on July 3 will be
"educational, entertaining
as well as delicious,"
according to a media
release issued last week.
"The hope is to connect
people with the food they
eat every day," said Bruce
Federation of Agriculture's
Pat Jilesen in an e-mail.
"Chomp down on a dinner
roll and look to the left
and see the field of wheat
it may have come from."
The event takes place at
#1475 Municipality of Kin-
cardine Conc. 5 north of
town, with a social at 4
p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m.
Attendees will be
invited to walk around
Lucknow 4 -
Sarah Durnin
The Lucknow 4-H Crop
Club had another success-
ful meeting on Thursday,
May 21, 2015.
First we talked a little
bit about weeds and eve-
ryone brought their own
to identify and tell a little
bit about it. We also
walked out into the field
to dig up some corn seeds
then talked a little bit
about them.
The main plant we
focused on at this meeting
was corn. We learned
about different parts of
the corn plant. For exam-
ple, the names of the parts
underground are the radi-
cal, seminal roots, nodal
roots, mesocotyl, and
finally the coleoptiles. On
the top of the plant is just
the stem and leaves. After
that we learned a bit about
the different stages like
when its shoots or tillers
come on.
After that we got to go
into the fertilizer plant and
learned all about different
and see farm equipment
and learn about its uses
from local operators.
"We also hope to inform
folks on the occasional
need to share the roads
with farm tractors and
equipment," he said.
The public is invited to
bring their families and
friends to "sit back, relax
and enjoy the entertain-
ment while local chefs
prepare your elegant meal
served with local spirits
and completed with an
ultimate ice cream
experience."
As the event wraps up,
there will also be a local
celebrity pie auction, with
all proceeds matched and
given to local youth agri-
culture education.
Tickets are $25 per per-
son and available in
advance only at the Hano-
ver office at 446 10th St.,
the Huron -Kinloss Town-
ship office in Ripley or
Harley's Pub in Mildmay.
For more information
call 519-364-3050 or
1-800-275-9551.
H Crop Club
fertilizer. The first one we
talked about was nitrogen.
Nitrogen helps with the
vegetative growth of your
crop. The second one we
talked about is phosphorus.
Phosphorus is a major
component in plant DNA
and RNA. It also helps the
root development, crop
maturity, and seed produc-
tion. The final fertilizer we
talked about was potas-
sium. Potassium is what
protects the plant from
extreme cold and heat,
drought, and pests. After
we toured the new fertilizer
plant we went and looked
at the old one. I've got to
say the new one looks like a
lot less work than the old
one.
Once we were done
looking at the fertilizer we
went and made a video
near some tractors that
said, "We are the future of
agriculture, good things
grow in Ontario." Then we
had some snacks and the
president closed the
meeting.
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Submitted
Wawanosh 4-H members Clarissa Gordon and Sarah Alexander present how to boil vegetables at their Fruit and Vegetables Club
meeting. May 30, 2015.
Wawanosh 4-H fruit and vegetables
Maisy Jefferson
Meeting 3 of the
Wawanosh Ontario Fruit
and Vegetable Club was
held on Saturday May 30 at
10am at the Auburn Hall.
President Maisy Jefferson
opened the meeting with
the pledge, followed by roll
call. The club then took
time to discuss their pro-
gress on the Wingham
Community Garden since
all members could not
attend meeting 2 or the
make-up meeting. The
members described the
work they had done in the
garden including spread-
ing topsoil and mulch,
planting beets, onions and
potatoes as well as install-
ing fences for the peas,
pole beans, and cucum-
bers. The leaders also
reminded the members
about the 100th Anniver-
sary Events 4-H Ontario is
hosting for members.
There is a camping week-
end July 24, 25, and 26 as
well as a trip to Canada's
Wonderland on July 25.
Next, members were
given a bit of time to think
of a club name. After a few
suggestions were made, a
vote was held. The Huron
Harvesters was the name
chosen, and Clarissa Gor-
don is to design the title
page for the member book.
The leaders then reviewed
the bookwork to ensure
that the members were up
to date. Next, the members
broke into groups and
were each given a method
of cooking vegetables.
They were to read the
information in the book
and present their topic to
the rest of the club. The
members enjoyed learning
about steaming, micro -
waving, boiling, stir -frying
and panning vegetables
through creative skits,
poems and demonstra-
tions. Members then got a
chance to execute their
method. Once all the veg-
etables were cooked the
members judged the cook-
ing methods based on
appearance and taste.
Members headed outside
for a game of ball tag on the
playground while the leaders
prepared the cooking sta-
tions. After their break mem-
bers came in and broke into
their cooking groups. They
prepared a stir -fry, vegetable
pizza, and a marinated
salad. Members enjoyed
their creations and Maisy
closed the meeting with the
4-H motto. The next meeting
will be held on June 9 at 7pm
at the Wingham Communtiy
Garden.
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Jaxson Curran and Connor Thomson give a demonstration on
panning at the Wawanosh 4-H Fruit and Vegetables Club meeting.
May 30, 2015.
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