DE VEL OP MENT M A T TERS SPRING 2014 3 HIGHLIGHTED PR OJEC T S c on t A g r icultur al T r ials T he T immins E c onomic D ev elopmen t C or por a tion TEDC c on tinues t o w or k with the Nor theast C ommunit y Net w or k NeCN on dev eloping the ag r icultur e sec t or in an ef or t t o r e establish the sec t or t o the lev el seen in the 1950 s and fur ther T o ac c omplish this goal the TEDC is leading the dev elopmen t of a pr ojec t tha t will captur e scien tifcally v alid da ta o v er a 3 y ear per iod T his da ta will enhanc e the TEDC s and NeCN s abilit y t o mar ket inf or ma tion t o enc our age and incr ease local in v estmen t in oper a tions and a ttr ac t new outside ag r icultur al pr oduc ers A side fr om the ongoing w or k with NeCN ther e ar e a number of fac t ors dr iving this pr ojec t tha t indica t e both f easibilit y and need O v er the last 510 y ears an incr eased a w ar eness and pr omotion of initia tiv es new s and discussions acr oss Nor th A mer ica about local f ood pr oduc tion ha v e incr eased the f easibilit y and need t o look a t this sec t or S ome key fac t ors dr iving discussion ar e Unutiliz edunder utiliz ed land I nitial r esear ch sho w s tha t w e use about one ff th of land f or ag r icultur e c ompar ed t o the peak in the 1950 s F uel c osts ar e r ising mak ing fruit v egetables and mea t mor e e xpensiv e t o br ing in fr om elsewher e Clima t e change T her e is some ear ly evidenc e tha t clima t e change oc cur r ing ma y ac tually pr esen t new oppor tunities f or Nor theast er n On tar io such as new cr ops because of pot en tially longer g r o wing seasons P er c eption of health T her e is incr eased talk ar ound genetically modifed f oods f ood c on tamina tion and other w or ldly new s tha t cr ea t es per c eption tha t local is saf er IA MGOLD O ffic e A ttr ac tion IA MGOLD is look ing t o dev elop a mining pr ojec t bet w een T immins and Sudbur y T his pr ojec t is not f easible with the cur r en t pr ic e of gold and IA MG old ha v e asked f or our assistanc e t o help lobb y the f eder al and pr o vincial go v er nmen ts f or infr astruc tur e in v estmen ts t o make this pr ojec t mo v e f or w ar d under cur r en t ec onomic r ealities T he ultima t e goal f or T immins w as t o ha v e the main pr ojec t ofc e loca t ed in T immins IA MG old has decided tha t when this pr ojec t does go f or w ar d the pr ojec t ofc e will be loca t ed on sit e A lthough the pr ojec t ofc e will not be loca t ed in T immins IA MG old has said tha t they will loca t e a pr ojec t ofc er her e in or der t o assist with issues r ela ting t o human r esour c es and mining supply and ser vic es