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ECONOMIC GRADUATE
—- Mrs. Barbara Keets, wife
of Mr. Theo Keets, 22 King
St. N., St. Marys, recently
graduated from Centralia
College of Agricultural
Technology in the Communi
ty Home Economics program.
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BACK TO FARM — Brian
McComb, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald McComb, RR 3,
Lucan, recently graduated
from Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology in
the Agricultural Business
Management program.
Brian plans to return to the
home farm.
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WORKS AT CO-OP — Ver
non Thomson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Thomson, RR
1, Granton, recently
graduated from Centralia
College of Agricultural
Technology in the
Agricultural Business
Management program. Vern
plans to work for the United
Co-Operatives of Ontario at
the llderton Branch.
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AG GRAD — a recent
graduate from Centralia
College of Agricultural
Technology in the
Agricultural Business
Management program was
Kim Darwin, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Darwin,
Ottawa.
GRADUATES Kathy
Stilson, daughter of Mr. ana
Mrs. Paul Cronyn of RR 2,
Lucan, recently graduated
from Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology in
the Agricultural Business
Management program.
HONOURS GRAD
Groenewegen, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Pete Groenewegen,
RR 2, Lucan, recently
graduated from Centralia
College of Agricultural
Technology in the
Agricultural Business
Management program with
honours. He plans to seek a
farm management position.
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ECONOMICS GRADUATE
—- Linda Fleming, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Greg Flem
ing, RR 2, Crediton, recently
graduated from Centralia
College of Agricultural
Technology in the Communi
ty Home Economics program.
VET GRAD — Debbie
Rentner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Rentner, 55
Robinson St., Collingwood,
recently graduated from
Centra pa College of
Agricultural Technology in
the Animal Health
Technology program. Deb
bie plans to work for Dr. Tim
Buckingham in Collingwood.
CREDITON GRAD — Robert
Pertschy, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Pertschy, RR 1,
Crediton, recently graduated
from Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology in
the Agricultural Business
Management program.
Robert plans to return to the
home farm.
ONE OF TOP STUDENTS —
Teresa Ondrejicka, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe On
drejicka, of RR 1, Exeter,
recently graduated from
Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology in
the Agricultural Business
Management program. She
was one of the top students
in pork production and won
the Quality Swine Award.
Teresa plans to work for
Elanco, London, dealing with
research work.
A challenge to the
members of the food in
dustry to come forward to
the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture (OFA) with
further details on the ex
isting “unsavoury”
merchandising practices
“so we can help clean up
this mess”, was issued Fri
day by Peter Hannam, OFA
president.
Speaking at the annual
meeting of the Ontario
branch of the Consumers’
Association of Canada, Han
nam said both food
producers and processors
were facing questionable
retail advertising practices,
excessive discounting, and
unnecessary bureaucracies
in their dealings with some
food chains.
“Unfortunately at this
stage we cannot name
names because jobs are at
stake. From the information
made available to us, it
seems the whole food and
processing industry lives un
der an unstated but real
threat of reprisals. People
are afraid to speak out.
“Farmer’s food prices are
public,” Mr. Hannam added.
The price of food to the con
sumer is public. Yet what
happens in between is un
known, confusing and
suspect. The picture needs
to be clarified. The least we
can ask is that all merchan
dizing practices be fair,
honest, open and above-
board.
Mr. Hannam explained
that the result of these prac-
tices was the
“stranglehold” a few cor
porations have on the food
industry. “This tends to
limit competition at the
retail level, to weaken in
dependent grocers and to
make it easier to subse-
quently buy them out.” He
added, few new grocery
retailers or food processors
have started business in On
tario in the last few years,
while “scores” have folded
or been bought out.
Another important effect,
Mr. Hannam said, was the
“reduction of choice” that
.consumers have in the
market. ‘The tactics at the
retail level dictate which
products fill shelf space and
which ones get de-listed.”
Hannam said some chains
were forcing their suppliers
to allow sizeable volume,
promotion and mis
cellaneous discounts as a
condition of handling the
product. “These discounts
can be much more than 2
percent. In fact, in the last
year, they have escalated to
10 and even 15 percent.
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