Roots of Bruce returns after three-year hiatus

April 26, 2023 @ 2:03 pmLocal News, News, Rural, Walkerton Herald-Times

The sheep shearing demonstration impresses students. (Walkerton Ag. Society photo)
Students are piped from the hall at this year’s Roots of Bruce. (Pauline Kerr photo)
Lisa Thompson, Ontario’s agriculture minister, is no stranger to Roots of Bruce. (Walkerton Ag. Society photo)
Hundreds of area Grade 5 students get a hands-on lesson on the importance of agriculture at Roots of Bruce 2023. (Pauline Kerr photo)
Horses still play a key role in agriculture. (Pauline Kerr photo)
Students view the future of agriculture – an automated combine. (Walkerton Ag. Society photo)
A pen of small calves attracts the attention of students at Roots of Bruce on April 20 and 21. (Pauline Kerr photo)
Mike Dupuis and Tim Mancell demonstrate to local Grade 5 students how just a tiny amount of the earth’s soil feeds the world at the Roots of Bruce event in Walkerton last week. The event made its successful return following a three-year hiatus. (Pauline Kerr photo)
Who’s got the better photo pose, the alpacas or the students? (Pauline Kerr photo)
WALKERTON – Thanks to a lot of planning and hard work by dedicated volunteers, the Walkerton Agricultural Society’s Roots of Bruce made a triumphant return on April 20 and 21 after a three-year pandemic hiatus. No one was more pleased than the hundreds of Grade 5 students who attended. Students were mostly from Bruce County,…
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Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Pauline Kerr is a Local Journalism Initiative Reporter with the Walkerton Herald-Times. The Local Journalism Initiative is funded by the Government of Canada.