NEWS RELEASE
COUNTY OF SIMCOE
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Agri-food sector businesses and area partners are invited to attend Agri-Food Study report back sessions to receive findings from the regional Agriculture and Agri-Food Study survey and provide feedback which will help shape future agri-food initiatives.
During the last nine months, partners from Simcoe, Grey and Bruce counties and the cities of Barrie and Orillia have been all ears, as they’ve travelled throughout the region collecting survey responses and conducting interviews with agri-food sector businesses and operators. More than 270 participants provided feedback resulting in more than 800,000 individual data points.
Simcoe County, Barrie and Orillia are hosting sessions at the following location and times:
Tangle Creek Golf & Country Club
4730 Side Rd 25, Thornton
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018 from 6:30 - 9 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 from 7 - 9:30 a.m.
Grey and Bruce Counties are hosting sessions at the following location and time:
Klages Mill and Garden
11 1st Avenue North, Chesley
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
To learn more, please visit the website. Partial funding for this project has been provided by the Province of Ontario through the Rural Economic Development Program.
Additional funding for this project has been provided by the County of Simcoe, Grey County, Bruce County, the City of Barrie, the City of Orillia, Georgian College, Nottawasaga Futures Community Development Corporation and South Georgian Bay Small Business Enterprise Centre.
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