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Agriculture

Jul 17th, 2015
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from Beeton residents . Receive the latest updates regarding a grassroots effort by residents to “Save the Beeton woods” . Bring the family! There’s a treasure basket for the kids to choose a toy, T-shirts for sale, Prizes for the first 10 donations received. A family fun and inform...
Jul 17th, 2015
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By Barbara Kay National Post In my formative years, summer meant Lake Simcoe and long, halcyon summers. But today, if nobody stops them, the usual suspects are going to — as the song warns — pave paradise and put up a parking lot. Oro-Medonte Township is a rural Ontario enclave of about 20,000 souls ...
Jul 15th, 2015
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By Patrick Bales, The Orillia Packet & Times WayHome Music and Arts Festival is a go, but only on the 92 acres currently zoned for special events at Burl’s Creek. Oro-Medonte Township council voted Tuesday to deny a special-events permit to Republic Live for any portion of the property that does ...
Jul 13th, 2015
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Springwater’s Allen, Hanna move to safeguard farmland from the Midhurst Ratepayers’ Association Agriculture is one of the largest employers in Springwater. It contributes a significant amount to our local economy and, as such, was deemed an area of opportunity for Springwater in the Econo...
Jul 10th, 2015
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By Louis Roesch Ontario Federation of Agriculture If you could pick the infrastructure priorities for your community, what would they be? The Ontario government is travelling across Ontario this summer asking for input from local communities as it works on a new plan to fund infrastructure programs i...
Jul 5th, 2015
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From the Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture the Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture’s 75th Anniversary Celebration will be held Thursday, July 9, 2015 at the Farm of Jim and Nancy Partridge, 192 Line 4 North, Oro-Medonte, ON Celebration begins at 4 p.m. Cost: $25/person, includes Dinne...
Jun 28th, 2015
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from Ontario Beekeepers Association In a recent letter to members, the chair of the Grain Farmers of Ontario, reacting to new regulations to limit the use of neonicotinoid seed treatments, indicated that his members will likely resort to foliar sprays that are even more toxic to bees. The letter also...
Jun 15th, 2015
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By Don McCabe, President, Ontario Federation of Agriculture Ontario farmers are now facing new restrictions on the use of neonic-treated corn and soybean seed starting with 2016 planting. The Ontario government unveiled its rules for protecting pollinators through reducing acres treated with neonicot...
Jun 12th, 2015
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from Food and Water First Join us for a day in the country to celebrate local food, farmers, artists and musicians! Bring your family and healthy appetites to the beautiful Pegram Farm, down the road from where Foodstock was held. Explore the Hills of Headwaters and the Dufferin County fields which a...
Jun 9th, 2015
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Farmers, province agree to reduction beginning July 1 –  manufacturer maintains controversial insecticide is safe By: Robert Benzie Toronto Star Ontario is moving to take the sting out of pesticides that are killing bees. On July 1, the province will become the first jurisdiction in North Ameri...