The Rural Voice, 2001-04, Page 19Livestock is a popular attraction for children who seldom visit real farms.
The fourth section is the soils and
vegetables area which allows
different subjects to be approached
including use of pesticides. Children
get to go into a greenhouse and even
take home a tomato plant for their
gardens.
The pizza theme is so ingrained in
the Wellington effort that when the
International Plowing Match was
held near Elora last year, Aitken's
committee put together 3,000
packages of ingredients that students
taking part in the event could take
home and actually create their own
pizzas. (As the result of all the effort
put forward by the committee last
fall, they're taking a one-year
sabbatical from producing Wedge of
Wellington this spring).
Because of their interest in
making students understand
the wide scope of the foods
being grown around them, the Huron
committee created six interest areas,
adding poultry and a "rainbow
group" to the dairy, grains, red meat
and vegetables and horticulture
groups.
The rainbow group changes from
year to year and has included
everything from bees and maple
syrup to farm safety and water
resources, says committee member
Kitty McGregor. This year, for
instance, this group will include a
demonstration of separating cream.
Roots of Bruce includes producers
of bees, maple syrup, sheep and
ratites as well as the dairy, beef,
poultry, soil and crops and
horticulture categories. This year
there will also be stations on farm
safety and from the veterinary
association, says Fenton.
There have been discussions about
adopting a theme for Grey County's
event but, says committee chair Ron
Bender, in the long run the name says
it all: Grown in Grey. "A lot of the
food people see in the supermarket is
grown right here," Bender says. "It
may not be that particular cut of beef
but beef like it is grown right here."
There will be at least 25 stations
and possibly 27 at this year's Grown
in Grey presentation at Chatsworth
Centre, April 17 and 18 says Bender,
a poultry producer who got involved
as a commodity member manning the
poultry station and now chairs the
core committee. As well as
traditional commodity groups,
organizations like the Grey County
Federation of Agriculture and
Ontario Hydro will be involved.
The situation at all of the events is
similar to that outlined by Bender.
Over the two days close to 900
students will arrive by bus in
Chatsworth. Each class will be
broken into groups of six to 10 and
each of the groups will visit six
stations during their morning or
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