Everyone is invited to join our

AGRICULTURAL AWARENESS DAY

Friday, October 11, 2024

10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

(formerly Agriculture in the Classroom)

For the opportunity for families to come & learn together at our hands-on learning centers.

Coliseum features

• Geological Soils by Oil Museum of Canada
• St Clair Regional Conservation Authority
• Workplace Safety & Prevention Services
• Farm Machinery – cost comparisons
• Jansen Homestead and Highlands
• Miniature Farm Machinery
• Corn Shelling
• Atoucha Honey
• Garden to Table
• What is Gluten Free?
• Backyard Chickens
• Composting & Soil
• Comparing Jansen Tractor Sales to Great West Realty

Cattle Barn #1 features

• Forbesvue Farms – Dairy
• Lambton Cattlemans – Beef
• Lambton Pork Producers
• Community Wildlife Management Workshop

Cattle Barn #2

• Features the Ploughman’s Farmyard

Horse Barn features

• Beaver Meadows – Haflingers
• Veralane Percherons
• Bear Creek Stables – Draft Mules

Sheep Barn features

• Brigden 4-H Sheep Club
• District 1, Ontario Sheep
• MorLo Goats

Jr Fair Building features

• Moore Museum – Butter Making
• Lambton Dairy – Replica Cow Milking
• Lambton 4-H – What’s in it for you
• Food Farm Care Ontario 360` Virtual Reality Kiosk

Emergency Responders Area

• St. Clair Fire Department’s Smoke House, Fire Extinguisher Demos
• Fire Trucks
• Ontario Provincial Police Vehicles

Antique Farm Machinery & Thrashing Demo Area

 

History

In the spring of 1988, Bob McGee, Jackie South, Harold Thompson, Dennis Robinson and Muriel McCallum visited the Lambton County Board of Education [now known as the Lambton-Kent District School Board] offices .  Moore Agricultural Society wanted to make the fair and educational experience for students. Until 2019 Brigden Fair offered a “free” program to Primary Grades 2-3 and Junior Grades 4-5-6 from schools in the Lambton County area. Students would join us for a day program, which included ‘hands on’ activities exploring topics on animals, crops and changing technology. The program was developed to fit the science and social studies units of the current school curriculum while teaching how important agriculture is in our daily lives.

In 2022 the local school boards began having a “PD” day meaning that the classes would no longer be attending the “Ag In The Classroom” days, however the Brigden Fair decided to continue operating the program for kids and parents alike to learn about agriculture in our lives and enjoy the fair together.

 

 

Please visit our Visitor Information page to see more information about pricing, schedules, and other activities at the Brigden Fair.