DECEMBER 2018 THE RIDER /19 OFA announces Proud to Farm photo contest winners


Guelph, ON [November 20, 2018] – Ontario farmers shared their pride in their farms and the agri-food industry with more than 450 photos submit- ted as part of the Ontario Fed- eration of Agriculture (OFA) Proud to Farm photo contest. Winning entries were recently unveiled at the OFA’s 2018 an- nual meeting in Hamilton in three categories – Proud to Farm, Farm Animals and On-


tario Farm Scenes. Morgan Murphy of


Lambton won 1st place in the Proud to Farm category and the Farmers’ Choice Award, based on member voting online and at the 2018 Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. Morgan receives a drone and a cash prize for these wins. Gerda VandenHoven of Perth


placed 2nd and


Madeleine Beaudry of West Nipissing-Sudbury placed 3rd


in the Proud to Farm category. Winners in the Farm An-


imals category are: 1st place to Kendal Doerksen of Norfolk, 2nd place to Josianne Grenier of Cochrane and 3rd place to Josiah Mullet Koop of Niagara North. The Ontario Farm Scenes winners are: 1st place to Kendal Doerksen of Norfolk, 2nd place to Amanda Brown of Brant and 3rd place to Rebecca Haan of Hastings.


“There are endless chal-


lenges and pressures in agricul- ture today, and our Proud to Farm photo contest was a way to encourage Ontario farmers to pause for a few moments to look around and capture some of the incredible beauty and pride in our industry,” says Keith Currie, OFA President. “And we had a tremendous re- sponse with entries coming from all across the province,


and we thank all Ontario farm- ers who took part.” All contest winners re-


ceived a cash prize. The Proud to Farm contest was supported by Proud to Lead and Farm Credit Canada. Winning photos are


posted


www.ofa.on.ca/photocontest The Ontario Federation


of Agriculture (OFA) is the largest general farm organiza- tion in Ontario, representing


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38,000 farm families across the province. As a dynamic farmer- led organization based in Guelph, the OFA works to rep- resent and champion the inter- ests of Ontario farmers through government relations, farm pol- icy recommendations, research, lobby efforts, community rep- resentation, media relations and more. OFA is the leading advo- cate for Ontario’s farmers and is Ontario’s voice of the farmer.


Christmas Gifts For Avid Readers The Rider would like to


offer a few suggestions for great reading over the winter months thanks to some sizzling cowboy romances from the folks at Har- lequin. Plus there’s an important new guidebook for parents, grandparents and teachers of teens suffering with stress and anxiety that offers advice and support from Ontario author and holistic family therapist, Kristina Virro.


First off, let’s get up close


and personal with four books from the Harlequin book barn, available in bookstores and on- line, and perfectly sized to fit in your back pocket or saddlebag.


MISTLETOE MIRACLES by Jodi Thomas Price: $9.99 ISBN: 9781335005632 Book description:A small-town Texas Christmas story where hearts are lost, love is found and family always brings you back home. Author Thomas delivers three different stories about a trio of couples and a happily-ever after for each, just in time for Christmas. Griffin Holloway is desperate: the Maverick Ranch has been in his family for gener-


ations but lately it’s a money pit. He’d sooner marry one of his horses than sell the ranch. Mar- riage, though, could be a solu- tion. If he can woo a wealthy bride, he might save the ranch - just in time for Christmas. Jaxon O’Grady likes his solitude just fine, thank you very much. But when a car accident brings the unexpected to his door, he real- izes just how much one person can need another. Crossroads is the perfect place for Jamie John- son: avoiding nosy questions about why she’s single, she’s happy to keep to her lakeside home. So she’s baffled when she gets the strangest Christmas pres- ent of all, in the form of a Mr. Johnson, asleep on her sofa. Who is he, and why does everyone think he’s her husband?


A TALL, DARK COWBOY CHRISTMAS by Maisey Yates Price: $9.99 ISBN: 9781335474629 Book description: It’s Christmas in Gold Valley, and this wounded widower is about to get another shot at love. Grant Dodge didn’t expect to find a woman sleeping in an abandoned cabin on his family ranch. He also never ex- pected to find her so intriguing. Unlike every other woman in town, McKenna Tate doesn’t know Grant’s a widower; there’s no pity in the looks she gives him. McKenna wants him, and Grant has forgotten what it’s like to feel like a man so a no- strings fling for Christmas might just be the kind of holiday cheer he needs. With only a suitcase and a broken-down truck to her name, McKenna came to Gold Valley aiming to confront her birth father, then leave by Christmas. Working at the Dodge ranch wasn’t planned, nor was falling for the gor- geous cowboy who keeps his heart roped off but there’s no denying the way their broken pieces fit together. Hope brought her to Gold Valley; love makes her want to stay. Can it be the one gift that could finally heal Grant and McKenna’s own wounded heart?


LONESTAR CHRIST- MAS by Delores Fossen Price: $9.99 ISBN: 9781335041043


Book description: Cattle- man Callen Laramie has no intention of returning to his hometown of Cold- water, Texas…until a Christmas wedding and a family secret convince him he has no choice. And


when he’s reunited with his childhood crush, the girl who’d always been off-limits, Callen knows that leaving might not be so easy this time. Shelby McCall is as pretty as a Christmas snow- fall, and Callen wants to kiss her under the mistletoe…and the Christmas tree…and the stars. But once Shelby knows the whole truth behind this home- coming, will their holiday fling come to an abrupt end? Or will she accept the gift of his heart?


WRANGLER’S RESCUE by B.J. Daniels Price: $9.99 ISBN: 9781335556769 Book description: She’ll risk everything to bring her cowboy back home… One week ago, Cyrus Cahill told Ashley Jo “AJ” Somerfield that he’d be back in her arms by the weekend. He just needed to buy a bull for his ranch, and then they’d pick up where they left off after that ro- mantic ride through the foothills. But now he’s gone missing and


everyone - even the sheriff - be- lieves he’s dead…everyone but AJ. She suspects foul play and she won’t rest until Cyrus is back home because Cyrus isn’t the kind of cowboy who breaks a promise. And since she’s not the kind of woman who gives up on her man, AJ will risk anything to help bring him home…even her own life.


And on a more serious note,


here’s a book every parent or grandparent with teenagers in their lives will appreciate:


THE ANXIOUS TEEN by Kristina Virro Price: $9.99 eBook or $20 hard- cover ISBN: 97819994279 Book description: With rates of anxiety hitting catastrophic num- bers among today’s youth, the question begs to be asked: “why are teens so darn anxious in the first place and what can we do to help?”


Relying on her firsthand ex-


perience giving hundreds of hours of therapy to teens, parents and families, author Kristina


Virro takes a deeper look into this unsettling phenomenon to locate some of its root causes and pos- sible solutions. Whether you’re a worried parent or frustrated teacher, this book provides prac- tical tips and useful tools de- signed to reduce symptoms of anxiety in teens and increase caregivers’ abilities to cope, too. The book is available at www.fresh-insight.ca/shop-1 or from Amazon or iBooks


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