NEWS RELEASE COUNTY OF WELLINGTON
WELLINGTON COUNTY, ON – The County of Wellington is hosting a free online webinar March 4 for the agricultural community. The webinar will feature internationally recognized farmer and author Gary Zimmer in conversation with local experts who will be discussing soil health and livestock nutrition. It will also present local resources on regenerative agriculture, and will conclude with a message from Senator Rob Black.
The webinar is being presented as part of the Smart Cities Our Food Future initiative, which is focused on building circular economy supports for the regional food system. Our Food Future launched an on-farm regenerative agriculture pilot last month, and will be hosting a Soil Health Symposium later this year.
The County’s Smart Cities Project Manager, Justine Dainard, says “farmers know that healthy soil is good business; events like this demonstrate the many benefits of this goal, and it helps the municipality learn what supports are most useful.”
For more details and to register, visit www.wellington.ca/OurFoodFuture.
About Our Food Future
Guelph-Wellington has emerged as an international leader in developing and supporting circular economy systems in the food sector. The Our Food Future initiative was awarded $10 million in 2019 from Infrastructure Canada after competing in the Smart Cities Challenge.
The program continues to implement several projects to increase local access to nutritious food by 50 per cent, increase circular economic benefit by 50 per cent by unlocking the value of waste, and create at least 50 new circular businesses and collaborations.