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Jennifer Haley, Chair, Homegrown Ontario and Executive Director, Ontario Veal Association

In her role as Chair, Jennifer is responsible for overseeing and managing Homegrown Ontario goals and objectives through activities such as board policy, financial management, consumer marketing and industry communications.

Jennifer is also the executive director of the Ontario Veal Association (OVA) and has been with the OVA since 1998. Jennifer holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Master of Business Administration both from the University of Guelph. She is a member of the Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Agricultural Marketing Association and the Canadian Society of Association Executives where she has obtained the professional designation of Certified Association Executive (CAE).

What can Jennifer talk about? Jennifer’s knowledge of the meat side of the agricultural industry in Ontario allows her to impart a wealth of knowledge on local production and what consumers can expect from Homegrown Ontario producers and their products.

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Keely Schierl, Homegrown Ontario Meat Specialist

Growing up, Keely Schierl’s parents owned and operated both a small farm and a meat packing plant in Trout Creek, Ontario. Right from the age of 12, young Keely was hard at work doing everything from sweeping floors to cutting meat.

After studying economics at the University of Western Ontario Keely took on the monumental task of owning her own business, a butcher shop in Huntsville, Ontario fittingly named The Butcher’s Daughters. The shop soon blossomed into a popular catering company servicing the cottagers and loyal year-round residents. In July 2006, after selling The Butcher’s Daughters, she became the proud owner of the Dwight Market, a market that had been known as Lawrence’s for over 40 years. She currently stocks her butcher counter with Homegrown Ontario meats.

What can Keely talk about? Keely will demystify the meat counter while offering your audience tips on everything from chops and breasts to ribs and roasts. On a budget? Keely can show your audience how to make the most of their meat purchases.

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David Zimmer, Homegrown Ontario Food Specialist

David Zimmer has been a freelance magazine writer and editor for more than 19 years. David has worked for 11 years in the editorial department of Cottage Life magazine, with three years as Editor in Chief. David is also a cookbook editor and recipe developer and has received multiple national and international awards for writing and editing and has been recognized by the Canadian National Magazine Awards and the International Regional Magazine Awards.

David lives in Huntsville, Ontario on an old bush farm and works with his partner Keely Schierl as Grocery Manager at the Dwight Market.

What can David talk about? David’s ‘foodie’ experience editing cookbooks and developing recipes combined with his dynamic personality allow him to demonstrate how to go from a list of ingredients to a finished masterpiece with ease. David can take readers through a simple, step-by-step process of learning ‘how to’ while having fun along the way.

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