Over $24,800 is being provided to Grey Bruce agricultural and horticultural societies.
The provincial funding was announced by Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker.
Walker’s office says this investment will assist local organizations to continue to operate and support their efforts to educate people about the value and significance of agriculture in Ontario.
The societies receiving the funding include:
-$1,470 for Arran-Tara Agricultural Society
-$1,085 for Chatsworth Agricultural Society
-$1,000 for Chesley Agricultural Society
-$1,000 for Chesley Horticultural Society
-$1,180 for Desboro Agricultural Society
-$1,000 for Dundalk District Horticultural Society
-$1,000 for Durham and District Horticultural Society
-$1,233 for Durham Agricultural Society
-$1,321 for Feversham Agricultural Society
-$1,000 for Hanover and District Horticultural Society
-$1,000 for Hanover, Bentinck and Brant Agricultural Society
-$1,000 for Markdale and District Horticultural Society
-$1,185 for Markdale Agricultural Society
-$1,243 for Meaford and St. Vincent Agricultural Society
-$1,059 for Neustadt Normanby Carrick Agricultural Society
-$1,000 for Neustadt and District Horticultural Society
-$2,718 for Owen Sound Agricultural Society
-$1,000 for Paisley Agricultural Society
-$1,091 for Rocklyn Agricultural Society
-$1,214 for Sydenham Agricultural Society
-$1,000 for Tara Horticultural Society
Walker says he is grateful for this support for local agricultural and horticultural societies, as over the past two years, the pandemic has resulted in financial pressures on these organizations.
“Across Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound our local agricultural and horticultural societies play a vital role in our communities,” says Walker.
This funding is part of the Agricultural and Horticultural Support and Recovery Funding Initiative. This new funding also builds on previous investments of more than $7 million to assist these organizations across Ontario over the past two years.
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Lisa Thompson adds, these investments reflect the value of the societies’ contributions.
“Ontario’s agricultural and horticultural societies have long-enriched communities throughout the province and we look forward to them continuing to make significant contributions, from main street beautification project to hosting the long-standing tradition of agricultural fairs, throughout the province in 2022,” says Thompson.