The Rural Voice, 2001-04, Page 21suggested they'd like the students to
know more about the commodities
before they arrived so they can ask
more intelligent questions. This year
additional materials will be made
available to teachers in advance of
Grown in Grey.
While most organizers
contacted didn't have
trouble getting volunteers
on the days of the event, getting
people as part of the core committee
for longer term planning is more
difficult. It's a concern shared by
many community groups, notes
McGregor. "A lot of people are
expected to do a lot more with their
time," she says, noting a parents
council she's involved with at a local
school has the same problem.
Fenton says many of the
organizers of the original Roots of
Bruce are hoping for new blood to
come along with new ideas. (This
year the committee is headed by
Ralph Dietrich and Craig Todd.) Her
own children are long through high
school and she has grandchildren
about to enter school, she says, and
younger volunteers are needed. Still,
she says, "Farming has been my life.
This is near and dear to my heart."
Reaction from children and
teachers helps keep the volunteers
going. "Teachers have really been
keen on it," says Bender.
"Because it's tied in to the
curriculum, teachers can pencil it
right into their daybook," says Aitken
who usually has Wedge of
Wellington fully booked within two
or three weeks after sending out
registration information.
Fenton notes an unusual situation
at Roots of Bruce where some of the
students who came to the event in
elementary school, are now among
the Sacred Heart High School
students who volunteer to help out at
the event. Their enthusiasm proves
they must have enjoyed it
themselves.
All the hard work of the
volunteers will be worthwhile when
they see the excited faces and they
realize the increased knowledge of
farming and food the young people
take home with them. In an era when
fewer and fewer people have a
connection to the farm, many of the
youngsters will carry these memories
forward to adulthood.0
Glen Osprey Farm
Salers
R.R.#6, Shelburne, Ontario
LON 1S9
30 Polled Fullblood &
Purebred Salers Bulls
32 Salers heifers complete
their BIO test on April 25
Ultra sound results for both
groups available at end of test.
For further information, contact
David Pease (519) 925-6412
or check our web page
www.salerscattle.com
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"The Landowner"
To all the landowners whose co-operation makes
snowmobiling so enjoyable.
Without you it would not be possible.
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Grey Bruce Snowmobile Trails has well over 1000 kilometres
of trails running through private land.
Access to this land is snowmobiling's greatest asset.
We wish to thank the landowners that so generously allow
the use of their land for snowmobiling enjoyment.
Grey Bruce Snowmobile Trails Association
And its ten member Clubs
Central Peninsula Snowdrifters S.C. Clavering S.C.
Frances Lake S.C. Grey -Bruce East S.C.
Meaford Ridge Runners S.C. Owen Sound Eastside S.C.
Southampton S.C. Stoney Keppel Riders S.C.
Tobermory S.C. Wiarton Trail Blazers S.C.
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