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Posted by Dan Smith
VOCATIONAL TRAINING TEAM ANNOUNCES LEADER - seeks team members
Thomas O’Neill of the Rotary Club of Simcoe has been selected to be the VTT Team Leader for District 7090’s project of training and sharing information on Fruit Farming to the Shepparton and Goulburn Valley regions in the Australian Rotary District 9790. O’Neil brings a wealth of Fruit Farming experience with his 33 years with the Norfolk Fruit Growers’ Association as the General Manager.
The Team, consisting of the Team Leader O’Neill and 3 Team Members’ to be selected, will focus their training on mechanized versus traditional approaches, pest and disease treatment, marketing options, and effecting change in farm operations in pursuit of valued successful farm livelihoods. The Mission will be approximately 3 weeks in March 2017.
For Team Member information contact VTT Chair Dan Smith at 716-269-9900 and find the Team Member application by visiting http://www.rotary7090.org/SitePage/vocational-training-teams . Applications are due by Dec 3rd with interviews on Sat Dec 10th.