Protecting and enhancing farm and community lifestyles across Ontario

Grey Ag Services provides education & training for the agricultural community and as COVID regulations were lifted, we found a need for hybrid presentation of our programs. Unfortunately, the equipment we own limits our ability to deliver in that way. With the support of the ROOTS Community Fund, we will be able to purchase the equipment needed to offer hybrid education programs.

This will allow us to provide training and outreach no matter how individuals participate, which will expand our reach and improve accessibility. With better access to education, community members can adapt their farm businesses and enhance their quality of life. We are so, so grateful to the Trillium ROOTS Community Fund for their support of our program!!

More than anything in the world, food connects us; we all have memories of recipes that we made with our grandparents or the first time we tasted fruit straight from the tree.

With the help of the Trillium ROOTS Community Fund, AgScape empowers all young leaders to understand their roles in our agriculture and food systems as a vehicle for social, economic, and environmental change. Our in-classroom and virtual Teacher Ambassador Program and educator resources inspire every Ontario student to look to the future and see themselves as a soil researcher, an agricultural robotics engineer, or even a farm photographer, and know what steps they need to get there.

Thank you for your enthusiastic support – we couldn’t do it without you!

The Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association board and members wish to thank the Trillium Mutual & the ROOTS Community Fund for their generous support for the Mobile Soil Technology Suite (MSTS). Promoting soil health is central to our local activities at OSCIA and the MSTS is helping us continue our commitment to promoting farm practices that increase soil resiliency and sustainable production.

Honey Bees play a key role in agricultural productivity and ecosystem sustainability by providing pollination services to crops and wild plants. The University of Guelph’s Honey Bee Research Centre is a leader in research and education with the goal to help bees continue this vital work. The recent ROOTS donation will help assist them in raising awareness of the vital issues impacting bees and their importance to our agricultural industry.

OSHaRE is extremely grateful to receive a generous grant from Trillium Mutual’s ROOTS Community Fund. The funding will be used as part of our capital project to build a location for Grey Bruce Food Share; a hub where Food Rescue/food donations from local grocery stores, businesses, farmers and producers are taken, sorted, and shared with local nonprofits and charities across Grey Bruce.

In 2022, over 200,000 lbs of food was diverted from the landfill and used to help feed individuals and families. Your gift will help us grow to meet the need!

We are so excited to have Trillium Mutual as one of our partners in this exciting project.

Currently the fencing at the Listowel Agricultural Society Fairgrounds is in poor shape.  Going forward, in order to ensure the safety of event attendees, especially children, the fencing needs to be replaced. Along the track, the current fencing on either side of the grandstands is inadequate in providing a barrier to slow down foot traffic from entering the track area. Trillium’s ROOTS Community Fund donation will help block off the area where truck & tractor pulls, livestock shows and other entertainment events take place.