Shawna Terpstra 

We are pleased to announce that Shawna Terpstra has joined the Great Lakes Grain team and will be participating in the GROWMARK internship program. 

Shawna will be working closely with our grain team to continue to bring social media content and lead our 15th Great Lakes Grain Crop Assessment Tour. She will lead a project through her internship looking at the growth sectors in Ontario’s grain market. 

Shawna will be entering her third year at the University of Guelph, in the Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Food and Agricultural Business. Agriculture has been a passion of hers. Growing up on a farrow to finish operation and cash crop farm near Walton, Ontario. Shawna and her 3 siblings are all involved in the family operation. 

Agriculture has shaped who Shawna is and she looks forward to where a career in Agriculture can take her. 

Shawna can be reached at shawnterpstra@greatlakesgrain.com or 1 (519) 357-06771

Please join us in welcoming Shawna.

Co-operatively yours,

Devin Homick, 

Grain Origination Coach

Melyse Renwick

We are pleased to announce that Melyse Renwick has joined the Great Lakes Grain team as our summer intern. Melyse will be working alongside the GLG team in Central Office and reporting directly to Nick Williamson. With her role alongside Nick, she will be spending time in our various locations during her time with us, so please be sure to say hello and make her feel welcome when she comes to your branch.

Amongst other main grain activities, Melyse will be working on understanding how sustainability plays a part in the day-to-day operation at GLG and how it will be used to assist and progress our growers and end users. She will be responsible to help set up and manage our new SAI platform and portal for GLG to continue to grow our presence in the sustainability space. She will also be working on creating and managing the internal farm management groups inside of SAI platform through the FSA (Farm Sustainability Assessment). Melyse will also be working along side the GLG team prepping for the ISCC Audits upcoming in July and helping with the planning for crop tour 2024.

Melyse has a passion for agriculture. Learning alongside her Dad in Wheatley is where it all began. She has been involved in community engagement projects like Farm and Food Care Ontario’s ‘Breakfast on the Farm’ and was an ambassador for Garden-In-A-Box. Melyse was also featured on Faces Behind Food for her contribution of managing the family’s pumpkin patch!

Melyse completed her Associate Diploma of Agriculture from University of Guelph, Ridgetown Campus. This September, she will be continuing her education at Olds College in Alberta to gain a Bachelor’s Degree of Applied Science Agri-Business. Melyse can be reached at melyserenwick@greatlakesgrain.com or (519) 365 4624.

Please join us in welcoming Melyse!

Co-operatively yours,

Nick Williamson

Senior Solutions Manager