GrainTALK for March 2025
AN UPDATE ON GRAIN FARMERS OF ONTARIO NEWS AND EVENTS
Your Grain Farmers of Ontario Team
Here is our next installment of profiles of your Grain Farmers of Ontario staff to help introduce you to the team.
Emma Weizenbluth
Grains educator
Emma Weizenbluth joined Grain Farmers of Ontario in September 2024 as the grains educator. Her role supports the communications team on projects such as developing a French version of the STEMterprise program for schools. Her primary focus is visiting schools and educating elementary students about the importance of understanding where their food comes from via curriculum-compliant, hands-on, science- and grains-based lessons.
Weizenbluth graduated from Carleton University in 2013 and completed a Bachelor of Education at Brock University’s Hamilton campus in 2014. After eight years of being a Core French teacher and a year of soul-searching, she decided to make a career change. Wiezenbluth is excited to bring her creativity and experience in education to Grain Farmers of Ontario to further develop Grain Farmers of Ontario’s educational programs and foster connections with urban communities and advancing the interests of the grain farming industry. •
Annual District meetings
Grain Farmers of Ontario hosted its annual District meetings January 7-17, 2025. Staff and directors travelled across the province to all 15 Districts to share updates from the association with farmer-members. The meetings also served to elect delegates and in odd-numbered Districts, directors to serve a two-year term.
Attendees also heard from guest speakers including representatives from Agricorp and Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, and industry representatives from the Agriculture Credit Corporation, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness, Alco Group, and Farm and Food Care Ontario.
Special guest speaker, MP John Barlow, Conservative Party of Canada agriculture critic, spoke at the District 12 (Durham, Northumberland, Kawartha, Peterborough, Hastings) meeting. •
2025 elected directors
Throughout January, elections were held in each district, and all farmer-members were invited to vote for their representatives. Each district voted in their delegates, and from the delegates, a director was elected in odd-numbered districts. Please visit gfo.ca/about/districts for the most current listing. •
