Little Green Thumbs program growing
Saskatchewan’s Agriculture in the Classroom is partnering with Agrium to expand the Little Green Thumbs program across Canada.
The indoor gardening program for elementary students provides participating schools with a kit to grow a year-round fruit and vegetable garden in the classroom.
The program, which started in four Saskatchewan schools in 2007, has grown to 65 schools in Saskatchewan, 48 in Alberta, 13 in Manitoba, and for the first time, five schools in Newfoundland this year.
The goal of the program is to help young people value their health, environment and community through participating in classroom gardening.
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Teachers have said they notice a change in students’ attitudes toward agriculture and farming after participating in the program.
A caring attitude toward agriculture and farming increased to 97 percent from 38 percent while a desire to reduce food wastes increased to 82 percent from nine percent.
Promotions at Legumex Walker
Legumex Walker has promoted Anthony Kulbacki to chief operating officer of its special crops division and David Carefoot is the new chief financial officer.
Kulbacki has more than 15 years experience in the special crops industry. He served as chief financial officer for Legumex Walker Inc. since its formation in 2011. He has an extensive record with publicly traded agricultural companies, including his experience as chief financial officer at Viterra. He has held positions on boards and serves as a director of the company’s subsidiary, Pacific Coast Canola.
Carefoot has most recently been chief financial officer of Ducks Unlimited Canada and was previously chief financial officer of Empire Industries Ltd.
He spent 12 years at Viterra Inc. (formerly Agricore United) and 12 years with Price Waterhouse.
He has served on several boards and has been a director of the CWB since 2008.
2012 Jersey Canada Youth Scholarship winners
Annie Grubb of Brigham, Que., and Hiske Renkema of Mount Elgin, Ont., won Jersey Canada’s youth scholarships for 2012.
The $750 scholarships recognize outstanding interest, knowledge and achievement in the Jersey breed as well as agriculture in general.
Grubb is a student at McGill University studying agribusiness and agrology .She was raised on a mixed Holstein and Jersey farm in Brigham and raises and breeds Jersey heifers.
In addition to 4-H involvement, she also has experience as a youth director for the Brome Fair Horticultural Society and has worked two summers as a student technician at the Club-conseil Gestrie-Sol.
Renkema is a third year student at the University of Guelph, where she will major in animal science and minor in business administration. Extra-curricular activities include College Royal Society, Junior Farmers, International Studies and Orientation Week Volunteer.
She bought her first Jersey heifer in 2008 and now owns five Jerseys under her own prefix: Halfway.
