Our part of Ontario is an interesting blend of mostly flat to some hilly topography, rich soil types and suitable climate that historically was recognized by early settlers as prime agricultural lands. Spread throughout this landscape of extensive fields of corn, soybean and forage crops, are large livestock operations and several smaller rural communities. Aerial photo of the Perth County landscape looking west over Mitchell. Many of our Perth County farms have been built up and improved upon for more than a century, often by successive generations of the same family.
Landowners learn about wise forest stewardship.
Forest products from Perth farm woodlots represent some of the highest quality and value across Ontario. With this tradition of stewardship, it isn't surprising that we are leaders in farming practices and adopting new agricultural technologies. Through the commitment of many individual landowners, environmental and natural resource features remain today and many newly planted windbreaks and buffer strips can be seen as you drive through the country side. Many current PSN projects are designed to bring youth and community together with landowners in achieving their shared environmental farm goals. We would like to thank Tourism Stratford for allowing us to modify their wording from some promotional brochures for this web page.