Agriculture Innovation Showcase

Event Details

Time: October 23, 2018 from 7:30am to 4pm
Location: University of Guelph
Website or Map: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a…
Phone: 5196696020
Event Type: farm, tour
Organized By: Township of Woolwich
Latest Activity: Aug 13, 2018

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Event Description

The Township of Woolwich, OMAFRA and the University of Guelph would like to invite you to the second annual Agriculture Innovation Showcase. This year’s showcase features a robot demonstration by the Elmira District Secondary School Robotics team, who placed second overall North American wide. The team is building a robot for a local crab apple farmer located in Wellesley. The tour also features stops at the Dirksen Dairy farm in Alma and research facility tours at the University of Guelph.

Transportation to all tour sites is included along with a full hot buffet breakfast and a locally sourced lunch at Apple Flats Orchards.

For more information on the event please visit https://bit.ly/2NrBqVK.

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