Notice to media

FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL AGRICULTURE MINISTERS TO MAKE ENVIRONMENTAL ANNOUNCEMENT

OTTAWA, Ontario, September 16, 2005 - Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Andy Mitchell and Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Leona Dombrowsky will make an environmental announcement in Listowel, Ontario, in support of Ontario's farmers.

Date:
Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Time:
8:35 a.m.

Location: 2005 International Plowing Match and Rural Exposition
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs tent
(Tent 3A on Mutual Avenue)
David Carson's farm
County Road 86
Listowel, Ontario

Directions: The Carson Farm is 1.5 km east of Listowel on county Road 86.

For more information, media may contact:

Matt Tolley
Office of the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food / Cabinet du ministre de l'Agriculture et de l'Agroalimentaire
(613) 759-1059

Kelly Synnott
Office of the Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs / Cabinet de la ministre de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation et des Affaires rurales de l'Ontario
(416) 326-6439

Media Relations/Relations médias
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada / Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
Ottawa
(613) 759-7972
1-866-345-7972

Dave McLeod
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs of Ontario / Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation et des Affaires rurales de l'Ontario
(519) 826-3198
(416) 420-5631