OFA invests in new program to support farming and rural communities across Ontario

To The Haldimand Press

A silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic and our transition to a virtual world has been the reduced operating costs of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) and a surplus budget that has provided an opportunity to invest in communities across the province.

To further support our rural areas and put the organization’s financial surplus to good use, OFA created the Revive Fund. This program offers our 51 county and regional federations the opportunity to apply for additional funding to plan, develop, and launch new projects and initiatives in their local communities. The Revive Fund aims to help our farming and rural communities recover and rejuvenate from the many hardships faced during COVID-19.