The Manitoba government will give $900,000 to the University of Manitoba to help it build a one-of-a-kind farm education centre that is expected to attract up to 30,000 visitors a year.
“The Glenlea Farm Education Centre will bolster Manitoba’s position as a centre of excellence in food science education and environmental research,” said provincial agriculture minister Rosann Wowchuk.
“This unique facility will be an interactive, interpretive showplace of modern livestock production with a focus on sustainable agriculture. When completed, there will be nothing else quite like it in Canada.”
The centre will be constructed at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment on the university’s Glenlea research and teaching facility near Winnipeg. It will feature interactive, hands-on displays for the public to learn about livestock and food production from farming practices to retail sales.
“This centre will be an educational hub for the public, students of all ages and researchers from a variety of fields,” Wowchuk said.
“The programming will be linked to students’ science and social studies curriculum and will increase public understanding of modern food production.”
