Saturday July 14: All invited to agriculture federation BBQ, Midhurst

The Simcoe County Federation of Agriculture is hosting their annual BBQ on

Saturday July 14th, 2012 at Wrico Farms,  Robert & Roberta Wright and Family

2064 Russell Road, Midhurst Ontario. Time 3pm Cost $15.

The Wright family of Midhurst is hosting this year’s event.  Robert and

Roberta and family have a beautiful farm just east of Midhurst on Russell

Rd.  The BBQ begins with a tour of their new facility.  This includes

Robotic Milking System and Automatic feeders.  This well-cared for herd in a

freestall barn is a wonderful environment for cows.  Robert  is also a

director for East-Gen.

645 Hectares of class 1-4 Farmland in this area are slated for development.

Concerns have been raised about impacts on the farming community as well as

removal of Farmland permanently from production. The SCFA has raised its

concerns to Springwater Council, County of Simcoe, OFA, Source Water

Protection Committee as well as the Province of Ontario and awaits their

responses.

“Robert Pasuta is the City of Hamilton Councilor for Ward 14 but he also owns a pig farm on Campbellville Road. He is a father of seven children age 16 to 35 and can focus his attention on the home front. “I’ve got 300 acres of corn, wheat and soybeans to harvest,” said the man who has overseen the affairs of the city’s largest rural ward for the past four years. Back in 2006 he battled for a seat around the Hamilton city council table against Grant Maloney and on election day took the ward with 60 per cent of the votes. “At that time, while I campaigned my dad (Mike) who was in his 80s took care of the livestock and crops.” It meant a lot of driving and walking to cover the sprawling area that drew more than 4,200 voters to the polls in 2006.

While Pasuta was certainly no rookie to politics  – he was president of the Hamilton-Wentworth Federation of Agriculture, past president and Councilor of the Golden Horseshoe Pork Producers, director of the Hamilton-Wentworth Soil and Crop Improvement Association and on the Rockton Agricultural Society board – it was his first time running for city council.

He jokes that he’s gone from one of the most respected professions as a farmer to one of the least respected, as a politician.”

Other commodity leaders will give updates.

Please join us.

Social Time 3pm

Tour of Farm 3:30

BBQ 5:30

Tickets are $15 and we need your call by Wednesday at 11 am

Connie Brown 705-726-9300 extension 1224

or Anne Ritchie Nahuis 705-322-1340 cell 705-790-0340 nahuis@csolve.net

Or leave message with

your ticket request.