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Farming crisis revealed at‘Thank a Farmer’ dinner
Prefaced with drinks and
fellowship in a comfortable room at
the Benmiller Inn, one might
mistake the “Thank a Farmer”
dinner for a get together of old
friends.
The feeling fits Huron County
well though, and matches the
messages of the meal - enjoying
what the unique agricultural
community of Huron County has
right outside the door or down the
road.
Situated in the rustic Benmiller
Inn’s Ivey Dining room, the dinner
made of all locally available produce
started with a Summer Peach
Gazpacho that included a garnish of
house-cured beef pemmican. The
main dish was a maple-smoked
prime rib roast with pink
peppercorn, Benmiller garden green
bean panzanella, and a blueberry
gastrique. Dessert was a miniature
maple crème brûlée with sun dried
blueberry biscotti and grilled peach
sorbet.
With food from three local farms -
Schilbe’s Farm, a maple syrup
operation near Bayfield; Cedar Villa
Angus Farms, a beef farm near
Zurich and Bayfield Berry Farm, a
fruit farm and business near
Bayfield - chefs at the Benmiller
Inn, under the direction of Executive
Chef Spencer J. Vail created thethree course meal.
Taste of Huron Executive member
Joan Brady took the stage to
introduce the dinner, and then
explained why the theme of thank a
farmer was chosen, and spoke about
the problems facing farmers.
Brady explained that, in the past
60 years, the prices charged for
products from farms has increased
exponentially, jumping more than
600 per cent, but the amount of
money the farmer sees has remained
the same at best, and has more
recently started a downward spiral.
This “Farm Crisis,” according to
Brady, has created an environment
where farms can’t grow.
Farm income is dropping every
year, Brady said, with the last
processed figures showing farms
averaged an income of $12,098 in
2006, and just over a quarter of that
the next year - earning an average of
only $3,304 in 2007.
“The numbers indicate that 2010
will be the worst year yet,” she said.
Brady also stated that there is a
drain on younger farmers, and that
this lack of fresh blood will only
serve to continue to make matters
worse.
“We don’t have many [farmers
under the age of 35],” she said.
“Ontario lost 63 per cent of its
young farmers last year.”
This loss is mirrored in the
number of startup farms beingcreated, according to Brady, with
Ontario losing 61,000 farms
between 2000 and 2006, and having
only 43,000 open in that same time
period.
Brady tied the presentation to the
meal, and the other presenters that
night, by stating that farmers need to
start regaining the value of their
goods in the marketplace.
“Farmers need to start selling
directly to their customers,” she
said. “They need to maintain a
bigger percentage of the sale.”
Brady added that this also benefits
the customers, giving them the
assurance of local food, and the
story behind the creation of the food.
Rick Schilbe spoke before the
appetizer, and gave a brief overview
of maple syrup including history
from when European settlers first
settled in North America, the
method by which it’s done, current
practices, and criticisms of current
practices.
Schilbe started his presentation by
stating that Huron County is part of
a unique area for maple syrup
production - the western fringe of
the production area.
“Production goes east from here
into Quebec,” she said.
Schilbe added that that is where
most of the political sway is in the
industry, as Quebec is home to most
Thank a Farmer
T.J. Klopp of Cedar Villa Angus Farms did a presentation
about his family’s beef-farming operation in Zurich during
the “Thank a Farmer” dinner at the Benmiller Inn. The
dinner was one of the “Food for Thought” dinners held as
part of the Taste of Huron festival. (Denny Scott photo)
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
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