Also in October, 45 students from Lambton College’s Food Safety and Quality Assurance Management program toured four farms, including Parkland Farms in Sarnia. After the tour, participants were surveyed about whether they feel food grown in Canada is safe; 100 per cent of participants agreed Canadian-grown food is safe. Partnering with FFCO provides unique opportunities for Ontario’s grain farmers to connect with non-farming audiences to answer questions, showcase the hard work and challenges on-farm, clarify misconceptions about Ontario’s food system, and the role farmers play in it. • WORKING WITH FARM AND FOOD CARE ONTARIO In 2025, Good in Every Grain worked closely with the Farm & Food Care Ontario (FFCO) team on a variety of in-person tactics with food professionals, students, and the general public to connect farmers with non-farming audiences. FFCO is a whole-sector coalition comprising representatives from all farming types and associated businesses, and Grain Farmers of Ontario is a Platinum member. The common goal of FFCO and its members is to grow public trust and consumer confidence in farming and food by working collaboratively with Ontario farmers and food partners. GROWING TRUST, ONE TOUR AT A TIME In the summer and fall of 2025, Good in Every Grain was a presenting partner on five bus tours hosted by FFCO across Ontario. In June, 35 food industry professionals from the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) toured a dairy farm, as well as the grain and chicken farm of Josh Boersen, Grain Farmers of Ontario vice-chair and District 9 director (Perth). In September, Georgian College Food and Nutrition Management students toured a variety of farms in District 11 (Dufferin, Simcoe, Halton, Peel and York). The tour stopped at Steve Kell’s farm, where students explored grain farming infrastructure, including an elevator system. Later that month, FFCO brought Algonquin College Culinary Students to three farms, and Grain Farmers of Ontario District 13 (Prince Edward, Lennox, Addington, Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds, Grenville, Renfrew and Ottawa) was a tour partner. Following that tour, participants' perceptions about whether Canada’s food system is moving in the right direction nearly doubled. In early October, 40 George Brown Food and Nutrition Management students toured three farms, including a mushroom farm, egg farm and Ceresmore Farms, hosted by Craig Rickard in Durham Region. On-site participants learned about grain corn, weather challenges and the harvest equipment used. GOOD IN EVERY GRAIN 34 ONTARIO GRAIN FARMER www.GoodinEveryGrain.ca xxxxxxx “Seeing a huge production of grains [at Kell Farms] and how they go from seed to our table was actually a cool thing to learn.” -Georgian College student
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