Assemblywoman Addie Jenne Russell poses for a photograph Friday morning with Member of Parliament Gord Brown at the Ag Summit in Lansdowne, Ont. Mr. Brown represents the riding of Leeds, Grenville, Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes in Canada's federal House of Commons. Assemblywoman Russell, a member of the New York State Assembly's Agriculture Committee, said she attended the summit to get an understanding of agriculture issues and agricultural tourism opportunities in neighboring Southern Ontario. The Agriculture Summit was sponsored by Economic Development Committee (EDC) of Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Ont. The assemblywoman was invited to the summit last month when she attended the 1,000 Islands Bi-National Tourism Summit in Clayton. Assemblywoman Russell had secured state funding for that event.
