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The Citizen, 1990-09-26, Page 13ii uS( J THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1990. PAGE 13. 4 ^00^ t7/ * IK J 4J w Bp ■'V CHEERS to our food providers Agri-Food Week celebrates Ontario food, glorious food! It is a showcase to the variety, the quality, the freshness and the abundance of the food we eat. Food for the mind Ontario’s agri-food industries generate about $16 billion in revenues every year. '/■ Buy the food \ Ontario grows — '—ITI li iJiW Agri-Food Week is our annual harvest celebration in October, the week before Thanksgiving. All of us can participate because all of us are food consumers. Let’s recognize how wholesome and reasonably priced our food is. And let’s thank the people who bring it to us — farmers, processors, distributors and retailers. A pat on the back for us too for buying the food Ontario grows. It’s the best and for good reason. The heart of Ontario agriculture is farming, but it's also a dynamic high-tech industry, producing a second crop of processed foods and food-related products. -7 frill •Mui >1 taste of what you fancy An annual celebration since 1982, Agri-Food Week has been nurtured along by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and other interested agri-food groups. Local groups work with a provincial Agri-Food Week committee to organize special events in communities throughout the province. Often these events include public participation which helps to increase awareness of Ontario agriculture. Ontarians need little encourage­ ment to put fresh and delicious Ontario food products in their shopping carts all year long. Agri-Food Week. Everyone eats it up. Mil Mi •V (w/ W.-ma Ontario's agri-food and related industries, directly or indirectly, employs one in five people working in the province. Ontario produces more hogs, poultry, eggs, sheep and lambs, fruit and vegetables, corn and soybeans than any other province. Ontario exports more than $2 billion worth of food and agricultural products every year around the world. Ontario, as part of Canada, has the second lowest food prices in the world after the United States. Canadians spend 15.5 per cent of their net income on food. 0 h, This message is brought to you by these agri-food growers, distributors, handlers and suppliers: gg Scrimgeour's Food Market Blyth 523-4551 Il' J FRESH FRUIT & VEGETABLES IN SEASON NORTH HURON GARDENS BONESCHANSKERS 21/2 miles north & 887-6870 11/4 miles east of Brussels Brussels Village Market . KSaSffilf 337-3323 RADFORD FARM EQUIPMENT LTD LONDESBORO 523-4519 BRUSSELS HURON FEEDING SYSTEMS 887-6289 887-9740 6 ORCHILL FARMS & I ORCHARDS ' EST. 1852 Walton, Ont. - Ph. 523-9279 BOYD & MURIEL TAYLOR The home of choice, quality cold storage apples. Dixision of Parrish & Heimbecker. Limited WALTON BRANCH 527-1540 887-9261 “Where you can trade with confidence.” ATWOOD BRANCH 356-2292 ^co-op) Londesboro Co-op 523-4470LONDESBORO