The Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-03-17, Page 31Farm Progress '93 -Page 15
Plan :concept is to make environmental living more pleasing
by Andy Bader
More than anyone else, environ-
mental quality is of the utmost
importance to farmers.
The obvious reason for this trait
involves the day-to-day handling of
the natural environment around
each and every farm.
In an attempt to make environ-
mental -living more pleasing on the
farm, pilot projects through the
Ontario Environmental Farm Plan
will be conducted this summer in
six provincial counties -one of them
Huron --in the hope that such a plan
will be available province -wide by
next winter.
Paul Verkley, of RR 1 Atwood,
explained the environmental, plan
concept, as a way to be more aware
of what farmers• do and don't do in
terms of the environment on their
own property; and where to
improve.
Verkley, a director and past presi-
dent of the Perth County Federation
of Agriculture, became involved
two years ago in publishing a docu-
ment entitled 'Our Farm Environ-
mental Agenda' which highlighted
the environmental practises --or lack
thereof --of fanning.
He said it was a way of
"proacting" rather than "reacting" to
environmental initiatives brought
forth by the provincial government.
With their document now com-
plete, the next step" was to collabor-
ate with various technical.. officials
in gpvernment branches such as the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture &
Food (OMAF), the Ministry of the
Environment (MOE), the Ministry
of Natural Resources and Ag
Canada.
The pilot project; through the
Ontario Farm Environmental Coali-
tion (which is the Ontario Feder-
ation of Agriculture, Christian
Farmers Federation of Ontario,
AGCare and the Ontario Farm
Animal Council) was officially
unveiled at a press conference in
Guelph on March 9th.
The counties of Huron, Kent,
Oxford, Niagara North, Hastings
and Temiskaming were chosen for
the pilot project, with individual
farmers in these regions asked to
apply to their local OMAF. office
and volunteer their efforts in mak-
ing' the project work. The goal is
500 compteted environmental plans,
Verkley said.
Farmers in Huron County can
contact the Clinton OMAF office
for such a plan, which will include
a half-day training workshop to
fully explain the procedure and
answer any questions.
Verkley said one component of
the entire procedure which might
scare off farmers from volunteering
is the confidentiality of it, since
everything which is documented in
the plan tends to be negative, or
ways for the farmers to improve.
Once the information is docu-
mented, the organizers had to be
certain that the MOE didn't use the
potentially damaging information to
lay pollution or other related
charges.
Legal advice has indicated that
through the 'do diligence' defence,
farmers won't be faced with
charges since they're doing every-
thing reasonable to prevent pollu-
tion, Verkley explained.
They won't be digging their own
graves, in other words.
The. agenda calls for every farm
family in the province to voluntarily
complete the environmental farm
plan by ' he year 2000, demonstrat-
ing that farmers are taking a
responsible, proactive approach to
environmental issues.
Such plans may be required in the
future to be eligible for funding
under new farm environmental
programs, Verkley added. . r
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