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OFA, industry stakeholders connect with municipalities over common interests

This year’s Association of Municipalities of Ontario annual general meeting and conference attracted over 2,500 municipal leaders, government officials, civil servants as well as other interested stakeholders. Among those other stakeholders were a wide range of companies and organizations who are connected to municipalities in some capacity – including the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA).

The event is one of the most important public policy conferences in Ontario, and as a farmer and former municipal leader, I was pleased to be part of the OFA delegation and have this opportunity to engage with participants at the event.

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Green Certificate Program celebrates 50 years.

Video: Green Certificate Program celebrates 50 years.

In 1975, Alberta’s government announced a new training program for the province’s future farmers, the first of its kind in Canada. Alberta is celebrating 50 successful years of this popular rural employment and training program, which helps high school students enter and build careers in agriculture while earning credits at the same time.