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Ciufo honoured to receive Citizen of the Year
Lynda HIIIman-Rapley
Lakeshore Advance
It is of no surprise that Paul (;tufo received
the Citizen of the Year by the South I luron
Chamber of Commerce. This husband and
father of two is an incredible volunteer and
supports his work and home communities
in a big way.
Long serving Chamber member Frank
Palen nominated Cinfo for this award and
the receiver is honoured, to say the least."
Frank is so community oriented, I and
thrilled ally nomination cattle from him,"
Ciufo told the Lakeshore Advance.
Explaining why (;info deserves this award
Paton wrote, "Paul serves on the Board of
the Bach Music Festival of Canada. I le vol-
unteered his services as a playwright to
explore and celebrate local history and cul-
ture. Paul researched and wrote "If These
Walls Could Talk", it play presented in June
2012 to celebrate the 1 25th anniversary of
The Olde 'Town I fall in Exeter. Ile also
researched and wrote "Grave Matters", it
cemetery tour presented by the St. Joseph &
Area I llstorical Society in summer 2012.
The GB Community Foundation named
Paul a Community Leader of the Decade.
Paul has served as president of the following
area organizations: the Grand Bend & Area
Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club of
(,rand Bend, and the South 1 lurun Chamber
of Commerce.
In his acceptance speech (:info said, "It is
inspiring to live in an area with so many peo-
ple workbag to continue the strengths of the
community and build new ones.'l'o he con-
sidered as someone. who is adding to that in a
small way is quite touching. Lately I've been
devoting thyself to fostering the arts in the
area. I believe the arts at't' an essential part of
the community. The Bach Music Festival of
Canada is coshing up this July 14 - 20; please
consider supporting the festival. Finally I'd
like to thank my wife Julie; anything I do to
serve the community is only possible because
she is incredibly supportive."
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Nuffield Scholars descend on Hensall, Clinton
Melissa Murray
QM Agency
Seventy agricultural schol-
ars from around the world
descended on Hensall and
Clinton last week to visit two
innovative agricultural
businesses.
First the group stopped at
the 1lensall District Co-op to
hear about the structure of the
cooperative and the technolo-
gies that they have adopted to
guarantee a quality product of
identity preserved soybeans
and edible beans. Then they
moved on to visit Switchgrass
producer Don Nott in Clinton
where scholars learned about
ingenuity in the field with
growing and harvesting a new
crop for Ontario that has so
many uses from bedding to
plastics, and the recycling of
bale netting and wrap and
greenhouse plastics into
resins.
Even for Nuffield scholar
Gayl Creutzberg, from Wroxe-
ter, who was only a short dis-
tance from home, the tour was
eye opening.
"You just don't know what
incredible innovation is going
on in your own backyard
unless you get out there and
see for yourself," she said of
the experience.
"1 have adopted a whole
new way of looking not only at
field crops, but at farm waste."
Creutzberg said the schol-
ars were "wowed" by both
presentations and that they
asked a lot of questions about
the technology and new proc-
esses available.
Though Creutzberg inter-
viewed the I1DC for Bluewa-
ter's atgricultural lilt and 1:, she
said she didn't realize the full
extent of the innovation until
she toured the facility.
"I had to see it to believe it, it was far
more innovative and complicated than l
imagined," she said.
Larry Shapton, tubo works at the co-op
in grain marketing took the scholars on
the tour.
"It was an excellent day," he Said add-
ing the tour took about an hour and a
half.
Shepton said the scholars were espe-
cially interested in the structure of the
co-op and the value added processes that
benefit producers and their consumers
around the world.
—111(1' are a sharp group and very inter-
ested,' he added.
While Don Nott was surprised just how
many scholars from Australia to the O.K.
arrived at his farm, he said it was a great
opportunity to explain what he's been
doing in the Biomass industry over the
years.
Nott gathers up old plastic farm casings
and grinds them and his switch grass
down for use in an environmentally
friendly, formaldehyde free resin, which
can make stronger MN:, a product that
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his was a real learning movement for
some of these folks," said Nott, who MIS
able to show the scholars samples of the
products. "I laving that many people from
around the world gathering here was
pretty remarkable;' he said.
'Ihe scholars also had a lot to say about
Moron County, including comments
about how farmers are freer to (10 a vari-
ety of things with their soil because of the
Zack of clay. Being in Ontario was also
some oldie scholars' first experience with
snow and the lake effect weather.
"'There was great mention about hots
lucky we are to have the great lakes,"
Creutzberg said adding it's something
people from the county often forget.
Creutzberg was one of three chosen
nationally to become a Nuffield scholar.
"1'111 11 lucky girl," she said of being a
part of the experience. As a Nuffield
Scholar, Creutzberg had to propose an
area of study, which she will pursue for
the next year. I lers will focus on what the
next stage of agriculture looks like. If Ag
I.0 was about peasant or traditional fann-
ing practices and 2.0 is about industrial
agriculture, she will hypothesize about
what is next for farming as she travels to
Romania. Where agriculture is still done
mostly with horses and the environment
"hasn't been destroyed':
While Creutzberg is trying to stay open
nniluled before she leaves just 5 days after
the Nuffield delegates leave Ontario, she
feels Agriculture :3.0 might focus around
the community and having the eater
more involved in what the farmer is
doing.
"Agriculture has lost sotne of its cul-
ture," said Creutzberg of improved tech-
nologies, adding it has lead to a loss in
some of the health attributes of our food.
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