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Agricultural Advisory Committee of Clarington
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Date: Thursday August 8, 2024
Time: 7:30 pm
Location: In person or online or by telephone
Meeting Room 1C, Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance St., Bowmanville*
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Agenda
1. Welcome
2. Land Acknowledgement Statement
3. Declaration of Interest
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4. Approval of Minutes of June 13, 2024
5. Presentations / Delegations
a. Battery Energy Storage Facilities – Ian Nokes, Ontario Federation of
Agriculture
b. Housing Needs for the Agricultural Sector – Wayne Caldwell, Greenbelt Foundation
6. Business Arising from Minutes
a. Update on CP Rail Crossing at Bennett Road
7. Communications
a. Letter from Rodenticide Free Ontario*
b. Ontario expanding the Farmer Wellness Initiative to farm workers
c. Ontario increasing financing available through Feeder Cattle Loan Program
8. Liaison Reports
a. Durham Agricultural Advisory Committee – T. Barrie
b. Durham Region Federation of Agriculture – M. Morawetz
c. Durham Farm Connections – B. Metcalf
d. Durham Agricultural Economic Development Update – A. De Vos
9. New Business
a. THEE Farmer’s Parade*
10. Adjournment
Next Meeting: October 10, 2024
*Items added to the revised agenda