Northern Producers at Royal

There is a strong northwestern Ontario flavour to this year's Royal Winter Agricultural Fair in Toronto.

Seventeen different products from companies between Thunder Bay and Kenora are on display at this year's agricultural showcase.

Rural Agricultural Coordinator for the Rainy River Futures Development Corporation Jeannette Cawston says attendance at last year's event convince them to join forced with other communities this year.

"All of the Community Future Development Corporations are on side to send their product," says Cawston, "like Atikokan, Kenora, Thunder Bay, Dryden and Rainy River district. We have products from all those regions. So we're going there are a region and try to knock their socks off."

The fair includes a separate section for northern Ontario which Cawston says better help local producers promote their products to fair goers.