North Wellington Co-op celebrates 75 years!

Congratulations to North Wellington Co-operative Services as they celebrate 75 years of success!

Last Saturday, the co-op held fun activities and served up a bbq lunch at all four of its locations in Harriston, Hanover, Mount Forest and Durham. A great turnout of about 200 people from these local communities came out to support their local co-op.

 

 

4-H Ambassadors and GROWMARK interns spend the day with FS!

The 2019 4-H Ontario Ambassadors along with two of this year's GROWMARK Summer Interns took part in a road trip yesterday giving them more insight in the many facets of FS.

The day began with a short tour of the GROWMARK Ontario headquarters in Guelph and then continued with a bus trip to North Wellington Co-operative's facility in Harriston. After some shopping at the garden centre, the group travelled to Ayr and enjoyed an outdoor bbq lunch at the FS PARTNERS Bringing You What's Next in Your Field annual event. After lunch, a quick trip and tour of the FS PARTNERS agronomy and Great Lakes Grain facility in Ayr, with a final stop-of-the-day taking place at the UPI Energy FS bulk plant on Hwy 24 in Guelph.

Have a look at some of the day's activities:

First stop at GROWMARK Ontario office. (L-R) Wilson Behan, GROWMARK summer intern with County Farm Centre; Danette Woodworth, 4-H Ontario executive assistant, 4-H Ontario Ambassadors: Michaella Snyder (Waterloo), Rebecca Stockdale (Peterborough), Allison French (Peel), Rose Danen (Perth), Christie Annett (Lambton); Anikka Bolender, 4-H Ontario program co-ordinator, Bernard Wierenga, GROWMARK summer intern with AGRIS Co-operative. 

Kelly Boyle, North Wellington Co-operative (NWC) general manager welcomes the group to his ACE store and garden centre.

Below: Ambassadors pose for pic with NWC's 75th anniversary photo props. Anniversary celebrations take place this Saturday July 13.

Kevin Stumpf, FS PARTNERS hub manager talks to the group about the value of the Bringing You What's Next in Your Field event.

Below: Kevin demonstrates the processes of the new automated fertilizer blending facilities at the new 15,000 MT capacity facility at FS PARTNERS/Great Lakes Grain site in Ayr.

UPI Energy FS customer experience manager Dianne Kennedy, shows the group around the bulk plant on Hwy 24. 

Thank you Ambassadors and Interns for spending the day with us! 

2019 International Day of Cooperatives is fast approaching!

On 6 July, cooperatives from all around the world will show what makes them special under the slogan COOPS 4 DECENT WORK.

We’re shouting out the message that cooperatives are people-centred enterprises, characterised by democratic control, that prioritise human development and social justice within the workplace.

The theme is chosen to support the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8 ‘Inclusive development and decent work’.

You can read more about the theme here