Holly Featherstone

Communications Officer at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Guelph, ON | Brain dump devotee ✒ | All opinions are my own.

[AAFC Canada @AAFC_Canada]

Save the date! 📅 Meet our scientists at the #Guelph Research and Development Centre for Doors Open Guelph! 👨‍🔬👩‍🔬 Learn about our world class #CdnAg research on April 27, from 10AM – 4PM local time: https://t.co/MpAmS4sJ9v #AgScience @GuelphMuseums

[Canada @Canada]

#DYK the majority of the Canadian corn grows in #Ontario? ON is also home to #Canada’s largest corn maze! Located in Dundas, the #HanesCornMaze is carved into 20 acres of corn stalks! Would you try this human sized puzzle?🌽🕵️📸hanescornmaze/IG

[AAFC Canada @AAFC_Canada]

We’ve got berry good news: cranberries and blueberries can help to improve the health of #CdnAg chickens! Find out what our #GCAggie research scientist discovered about these berries: https://t.co/ZjRYxc9Uzn

[The Food Professor @FoodProfessor]

I've been saying it for a few weeks now. Expect more deals at the grocery store this Fall.

[Mitch Stuart @4FAngusBoy]

For your own mental health, it’s important to see other people’s cows out

[Holly Featherstone @Holly_Fea]

@NotAnotherSus @jen_keesmaat As a farmer's daughter, I can tell you that many farmers do not make high profits and must either diversify or work a second job off the farm.

[The Rundown @therundowntvo]

Can a new irrigation network in Niagara Region help farmers with the fight against climate change and the issue of water scarcity? @JeyanTVO takes a look at the race to irrigate Niagara. #ontag

[AAFC Canada @AAFC_Canada]

#DYK that bats are pollinators too? 🦇 Check out these bat boxes installed by #GCAggie Roger Murray and our research team in London, Ontario, to help give #biodiversity a boost. #PollinatorWeek

[AAFC Canada @AAFC_Canada]

Summer is here! 😎 Today is the #SummerSolstice, meaning the longest day of the year. ☀️ Ensure you get outside today and celebrate the sun!

[CTV Kitchener @CTVKitchener]

Researchers at the University of Guelph are doing their part to save the bees. On Wednesday, the school broke ground on a new $16 million research facility, called the Honey Bee Research Centre. https://t.co/WyHgEwX0JN

[Palladio @KingstonPlan]

Good news for farmland all across Ontario. Province is backing off cockamamie idea allowing lands to be severed from prime agricultural lands for homes. Congrats to @NFUcanada @NFUDC and other farm organizations for knocking sense into the politicians! https://t.co/efbGCWmcJp

[Workplace Safety & Prevention Services @WSPS_NEWS]

Our farmers look after us, so let's look after them. Remember to #DriveSafe on rural roads.
#CRSW2023 #OntAg

[AAFC Canada @AAFC_Canada]

Lights, camera, nutrients! #DYK that LED lights can help improve the nutritional quality of greenhouse-grown plants? 💡🥬 Find out how our #GCAggie team made this colourful discovery here: https://t.co/gKuMeSGg8m #PlantHealthDay

[The Globe and Mail @globeandmail]

Gjoa Haven, an Inuit hamlet north of the Arctic Circle, is an unlikely place to grow bell peppers and strawberries. But a local greenhouse – powered by renewable energy – is providing local produce to the community.

https://t.co/5EiBc5Ksbc

[AAFC Canada @AAFC_Canada]

Check out what #GCAggie Dr. Jason Lanoue has to say about the benefits of dynamic greenhouse lighting systems! 👇

[Thierry Goose @ThierryGooseBC]

Exceptionally high temperatures in #Ontario, at record level for mid-April.

30.6C Peterborough
29.7C #Ottawa
29.6C Barrie
29.4 #Toronto YYZ
29.2C Lake Simcoe
29.1C Hamilton
29.0C Egbert
28.5C Bancroft

We need to go back to mid-April 2002 to find such high temperatures. #ONstorm

[AAFC Canada @AAFC_Canada]

Dr. Pamela Joosse is a soil and nutrient management specialist in Ontario. She’s working to keep our #CdnAg soils healthy and protect the environment. Learn more from Pamela on the #FirstSixteen podcast: https://t.co/APjQ8uSgqj
#WomenInScience
#25DaysOfWomen

[Holly Featherstone @Holly_Fea]

Thank you for stopping by to chat all things ag with me at @ofvc1 🍁 #CdnAg #ofvc2023

[AAFC Canada @AAFC_Canada]

Dr. Lili Mats is a chemist working in enzymatic and bacterial detoxification at our Guelph RDC. Her interest in research was partly inspired by Dana Scully on the show X-Files! Read about Lili’s research: https://t.co/TGbR7dPlgN #25DaysofWomen

[AAFC Canada @AAFC_Canada]

#GCAggie Dr. Lauren Des Marteaux is a field entomologist in Harrow, Ontario. Her goal is to find sustainable means of controlling #CdnAg pests. Learn more about other #WomenInScience: https://t.co/Wb0pEcq4gN
#25DaysOfWomen