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John VanderBurgt, a livestock and cash crop operator, Is
enhancing his leadership skills through the AALP. Vanderburgt
just returned from an International travel seminar to Mexico and
California. (Raftis photo)
Program helps farmers
stay tuned to changing
economic climate
by Patrick Raftis
Like any industry in today's
swiftly -changing economic climate,
agriculture needs knowledgeable
and progressive leaders.
John VanderBurgt of RR 1, Dash-
wood is one of 30 participants from
across Ontario currently enhancing
their leadership skills through the
Advanced Agricultural Leadership
Program (AALP). VanderBurgt,
who runs a livestock (hog) and cash
crop operation near St. Joseph in
partnership with his brother Henry,
joined the program to expand his
perspective on the agriculture in-
dustry. He also acts as a consultant,
providing services such as soil
sampling, fertilizer recommen-
dations and. pest monitoring for
vegetable growers in the Grand
Bend/fhedford area,
"I think, overall, it's been an
eye-opener to realize that, when you
think of yourself as a spokesperson
for your field, that something that
you are doing is not what a lot of
other people in the industry are
doing," said VanderBurgt of the
two-year program which consists of
nine three-day seminars held in
various Ontario locations and two
two-week travel seminars - one
North American and one inter-
national.
The AALP is a program of the
Agricultural Leadership Trust
(ALT), a partnership between the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
Food and Rural Affairs, the Univer-
sity of Guelph, the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture and the
Foundation for rural living. Par-
ticipants pay a tuition fee of
$3,5000 and each of the partners in
the ALT contribution financially to
the program, as do private cor-
porations, rural and agricultural
organizations and interested in-
dividuals.
VanderBurgt said the exchange of
ideas between program participants
is an important part of the learning
process, but the travel seminars also
provide a major opportunity to
enhance one's understanding of
agriculture on a more global scale.
He said the North American ex-
cursion to Saskatchewan and North
Dakota to talk to wheat growers,
politicians and other key players
•see Trip, 19A