The Greater Peterborough Area Economic Development Corporation (GPA EDC) and the Peterborough Agricultural Society will be opening the tent flaps on the Agriculture Pavilion with a grand opening at 4:00 today. This year’s pavilion is themed “Planting the seed today, for tomorrow’s success”. It focus’ on the growth of our agricultural sector through today’s innovative research and development initiatives which ensure the future of our Agricultural industry. Looking to tomorrow’s needs, the pavilion will highlight the important role of agriculture in today’s society by educating youth and family on its role in the advancement of energy creation, biogas, sustainability, health and nutrition.
The pavilion will be open to the general public upon admission to the Exhibition, which had an attendance of over 10,500 people last year. The Exhibition will beopen from August 12th-14th.
We are very excited to once again have the opportunity to showcase our local agricultural businesses and believe that the Peterborough region’s rich and diverse agricultural sector is something to be celebrated and experienced by all!Get your passport!
Pick up your passport in the Agriculture Pavilion Tent and once completed, you have a chance to win great prizes:
- A free Kawartha Dairy ice cream cone
- An assortment of gifts from Rural Routes
- Gifts from the Nutty Chocolatier
- Creative Crayola Canada items
- Grand prize of an Apple iPad 2
You can’t win if you don’t have a completed passport!
Thanks to our generous sponsors:
Ganaraska Financial
East Central Soil & Crop Association
Kawartha Dairy
Peterborough County Cattlemen
Peterborough County Dairy Committee
Peterborough Agricultural Society
GPA EDC (Organizer)
