Gord grant is your host for todays show. He reports on a presentation by Jeff Fitzpatrick-Stilwell, Senior Manager of Sustainability, McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Limited. You can see the whole video of the actual presentation at http://ofa.on.ca/agm-webcast-2015-day1-afternoon Singer songwriter Valdi is a big part of the music in this weeks episode.
Scott Cressman and Jim Coffey are in the studio today. Scott and Jim work at www.pioneer.com and they brought us news of the “Full Belly! Full Mind!” student nutrition program. Contact Jim at jim.coffey@pioneer.com for more info. Our playlist was;
Graham Johnston is our guest today. Graham and family operate Heritage Hill Farm near New Dundee. Follow them on Twitter https://twitter.com/herihillfarms and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/heritagehillfarms Our playlist is, A Better Way To Heaven by Colin James, Sing Sing Sing by the Chin Swing Orchestra, Stormy Weather by The Sheepdogs, Excursions By The Sea by Great Big Sea, Brian Wilson by the Bare Naked Ladies, and So Long by The Cat Empire.
The Waterloo Federation of Agriculture had their annual meeting in New Dundee on Thursday October 15. Christina Crowley-Arklie of www.thepassionatevoice.com was the guest speaker speaking to “the changing times in the new world of agriculture”.
Larry Martin is the guest of The Agriculture Show today. Larry works at www.agrifoodtraining.com . He brings news about agriculture in his capacity as a business adviser. We had some great tunes to play.
Theresa Schumilas is the guest today. Theresa takes us from the beginnings of local food to the present. Theresa’s choice in music covers a range of genres.
Michael Harris joins The Agriculture Show today. Mike is the standing member of the provincial legislature representing Kitchener-Conestogo. Mike brought some great tunes for us to play.
Bob Jonkman visits our studio today. Bob has lived in the Waterloo Region for 15 years. He has decided to be a candidate for the Green Party by running in the Kitchener-Conestogo riding. Bob brought some great tunes to play.
The Waterloo Junior Farmers celebrate their 100 years in the Region of Waterloo. Pictures at www.facebook.com/groups/271780469548415/ and webpage at http://waterloojf100.weebly.com/home.html Click the links below for the banquet audio.
Our guests today are , Christina Poyanitsch, Caroline Westerkemp, Beatrice Hadorn, Gillian Stewart, and Lisa Marie Walsh. Nic Weber brought these people to our studio. All five guests are in their last week of touring Ontario for the last 3 months. Their homes are in Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, Austria and Scotland. We talk about the differences and similarities between Ontario agriculture and European agriculture. It seems our international guests have developed an interest in country and western music judging by their song choices.
Julia Christensen Hughes is our studio guest today. Julia traces her experiences in agriculture from when she was a kid, up to the present. Julia is now Dean of the College of Business + Economics www.uoguelph.ca/business The music we played was food themed.
Stephen Denys is out guest today. Steve works at http://www.prideseeds.ca . Steve has some great insights into the public’s interest in farming. He brought some popular tunes by well known artists and some tunes by the same artists with a little less air play.
Lynn Perrin and Sandra Quehl are in the studio today to bring the latest news of the Waterloo Junior Farmers 100th anniversary celebration. http://waterloojf100.weebly.com . There were 5 great songs to play,,,, 6 if you count The Junior Farmers Song.
Tim Louis is our guest today. Tim is a musician www.timlouis.com and aspiring politician www.votetimlouis.ca having called Waterloo Region his home for 20 years. Tim’s music selections were a wide variety of genres and styles.
John Perrin is the guest of The Agriculture Show today. John is a Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) . John’s music selections were of some classic rock and top 40 tunes.
Melisa Luymes joins us in the studio today. Mel has a webpage at www.headlands.ca . where she adds to the agricultural discussion with “Mel’s Prime Beef” a collection of video rants. Mel brought a bunch of great tunes. So many songs,,, not enough time.
Jan Westcott is our guest today. Jan is with Spirits Canada www.acd.ca . www.mydrinkmychoice.ca The distillery members of Spirits Canada are major users of ontario grains. Jan brought a bunch of great tunes. I think we got through about 2/3 of them.
Amy Cronin and Scott Graham are today’s guests. Amy and Scott are members of www.ontariopresidentscouncil.com Amy is the Chair of www.ontariopork.on.ca/ and Scott, the Chair of www.eggfarmersofontario.ca/ . We played some C&W , and music from some up and coming Canadian musicians.
Patrick Jilesen is the studio guest today. Pat is an advocate for agriculture while he operates his family farm and participates in policy development for Ontario agriculture. Pat brought top ten music by some familiar musicians. Great songs that will be around for awhile.
Felix Weber www.agbusiness.ca , Kaye McLaga www.premierequipment.ca , and Max Salman http://www.geomaxx.ca are in the studio today. It’s all about precision agriculture. We played lots of tunes,,, with three guests, we doubled our usual playcount.
Today’s guests are Jim Coffey, Ashley Hall, and Roy Hickling. Our guests all have a connection to www.pioneer.com ,a seed supplier in Ontario. You can catch some of Roy’s music at www.royhickling.com . We had live music, music from CD, and fav tunes from everyone.
Today’s guests were Susan Mills and Sandra Quehl. The trophy they are holding is the Waterloo Junior Farmers Award for Outstanding Dramatic Performance. This was for the years 1948-1981. A fitting piece of memorabilia for this years 100th anniversary of a Junior Farmer club in Waterloo. Susan and Sandra brought lots of news of the upcoming celebration Aug 22 in Wellesley. Check out the event and news here, http://waterloojf100.weebly.com/ and here, https://www.facebook.com/groups/271780469548415/ . We had some really great music to play courtesy of our guests.
Peter Seemann from www.grassrootspa.ca is our guest for this episode. He works to connect the policy needs of groups, to governments. His connections with agriculture are personal, and professional. Peter brought a great variety of tunes and genres for us to play.
Neil Currie visits our studio today. Neil is the general manager at www.ofa.on.ca He is an important part of that agricultural link from field to plate. Neil brought along familiar and eclectic tunes for us to enjoy.
Beverley Robertson graces our studio today with 3 different instruments and a variety of tunes to match. She honours our agricultural theme with folk country tunes and country stories to match