He
also worked for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
Black
has also served and volunteered in other community and provincial organizations,
including the Wellington County Historical Society, Fergus Scottish Festival
and Highland Games, the Ontario Trillium Foundation and the Ontario
Agricultural Hall of Fame.
He
obtained a Bachelor of Science in agriculture from the University of Guelph and
a Bachelor of Education from Queen’s University, and is a member of the
International Association of Programs for Agricultural Leadership, which
recognized his work at the Rural Ontario Institute by awarding him the
Outstanding Leadership Program Director award in 2013.
Black
and his wife Julie have four grown children: Kristen, Michael, Tayler and Adam.
