The Rural Voice, 2001-06, Page 68HURON
Box 429, Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0
519-482-9642 or 1-800-511-1135 Website: www.oia.on.ca/huron Email: huron@ofa.on.ca
County Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER
• The Rural Voice is provided to all farmers
in Huron County by the HCFA.
Agricultural Odyssey Group - the journey begins
The OFA. CFFO and commodity
organizations have established a
orking group whose mandate is to
create a long-term vision and plan for
agriculture in Ontario — known as
The Agricultural Odyssey Group.
With funding from the AAC. the
group has engaged Mr. Roger George
as Chair and has established a small
infrastructure to tackle this difficult
but necessary task. OFA membership
on the Group includes President Jack
Wilkinson. Vice -President Ron
Bonnett and Mark Richards. Kent
County. In addition, the Board has
approved formation of a seven -
member ad-hoc team headed by Ron
Formers we need your
help to prevent the West
Nile Virus in Huron!
You can help by:
• Protecting yourself from mosquito bites
• Reduce mosquito breeding sites
around the farm
• Report dead jays and crows to the
Huron County Health Unit
HURON COUNTY FEDERATION
OF AGRICULTURE
BOARD MEETING
Fourth Monday of the Month
8:00 p.m.
Vanastra Office
Members welcome.
HCFA OFFICE HOURS
Mondays and Fridays
9 a.m. to 12 noon
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday
Please leave a message.
(519) 482-9642
1-800-511-1135
FAX (519) 482-1416
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Bonnett to work in advising the
Group. seeking input and bouncing
ideas off our membership.
Clearly. a necessary element of the
Group's work is to listen to industry
stakeholders. interact with farmers
and share ideas. To more formally
initiate the dialogue. the Odyssey
Group will be arranging town -hall
type meetings across the province in
July to get input to the deliberations.
It is very important to hear from as
many farmers and stakeholders as
Thank You
The Huron County Federation of
Agriculture thanks the following groups
for their support and sponsorship of the
Foot and Mouth Disease information
meeting held on April 25: Seaforth
Agricultural Society, Farm Credit
Corporation - Clinton, Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs,
Clinton, Huron County Pork Producers'
Association and Huron County Dairy
Producers' Committee.0
possible to ensure a quality result that
people can buy into. Please watch
this page for further details of a
meeting in this area.0
Thank you to four young people
who helped package the
'complimentary' Tractor Safety
Tape kits that were recently sent
out to Huron County members:
Dawna Glen, Katherine Kinzie, Mary
Thompson and Robert Thompson.
Video for loan
Video (26 minutes) Advice for
producers, produced by OMAFRA Town
& Country on the Foot/Mouth disease
information meeting held in Woodstock
on April 10, 2001.
T'iis video has been paid for through a
grant from Agricultural Adaptation
;ouncil.
Anyone interested in borrowing the
tape for your own interest or for a
meeting may contact the Huron
Federation Office to arrange to borrow it.
Farm Line
Confidential
Counselling & Referral
For Ontario Farmers
and their Families
Toll Free: 1-888-451-2903
Tel: 1-613-341-9341
OFA provided support
for the development of
the "Farm Line," a new
counselling and referral
service for Ontario
farmers and their
families.
Books available
Planning and Responding to Disasters in Canada ... an Approach
for Farmers and Farm Organization books are available at the
Federation office by calling and picking up. These books are "free" and
do not need to be returned. Call Mondays OR Fridays 482-9642 or 1-
800-511-1135. During the week leave a message and we will contact
you about details to pick up.
These books are produced by Agriculture Canada with co-sponsors:
Pioneer, Dow, Guelph/Wellington Credit Union, Foundation for Rural
Living, CBC TV, Carleton Productions, OFA, Call Canada 99,
FCC/SCA, Canadian Pork Council, The Co-operators, Sask/Pork,
Royal Bank and Syngenta..