The Ottawa Valley Seed Growers Association is pleased to announce the addition of Lauren Casselman to our team as the new Farm Show Coordinator. With her experience in the tourism industry, event planning and management, and the agricultural sector, Lauren will enhance our ability to grow the Ottawa Valley Farm Show and help us continue to support the agricultural community. She is following in the footsteps of previous coordinator Arlene Ross, who is retiring after ten years with the organization and who made many positive changes in the past few years.

Lauren has a broad work and volunteer background that allows her to bring a wealth of skills and experience to the position. She has a variety of involvement in special events, tourism, education, marketing, and customer service. She comes to us from her most recent position as an agricultural interpreter and ox teamster at living history site, Upper Canada Village.

Lauren grew up on a dairy farm, which later transitioned to cash cropping, outside of Chesterville, Ontario. Over the past ten years, she’s volunteered abroad with various farming operations in the USA, France, Ireland, and Italy, and she currently hobby farms on her small acreage in Stormont County.

Come say hello to Lauren at the 2025 Farm Show in March!