The Rural Voice, 2000-10, Page 60HURON
Box 429, Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0
519-482-9642 or 1-800-511-1135 Website: www.ofa.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.
`Intensive agriculture' law could drive livestock out of Ontario
This is the last article I will be
writing as President of Huron
Federation of Agriculture. A great
BIG thanks goes to all Huron
Federation Board of Directors and
staff who have helped me through my
two years as President. It has been an
honour to serve as President of the
Huron Federation of Agriculture.
One of the first duties was to make
a presentation on "intensive
livestock". While talking with other
groups waiting to make a presenta-
tion I realize that this is a "wake-up"
call to agriculture. We need to ask
our politicians what problems they
are solving, perceived or real?
The impending legislature, in my
view will change the face of
agriculture forever. We need to be
sure that it is not a machine gun
approach when a fly swatter would
do.
If the problem is the Ministry of
Environment does not have enough
staff to check on environmental
spills, then hire more staff. Don't
create rules that will drive animal
agriculture out of Ontario.
We all need to keep on top of this
legislation and talk to our MPs about
it. While talking to your MP be sure
Slice of Huron needs volunteers
A growing number of people, if
they had their way, would see cows
roam our countryside. Some people
believe animals should live forever,
nothing should be slaughtered and
animals should have rights like
humans.
Some believe in a vegetarian diet
or that cow's milk is precisely for a
calf and should not be consumed by
humans.
At the same tithe, agriculture —
sometimes without proof — is
blamed for bad water.
A lot of people know very little
about modern agriculture, what
makes up a box of corn flakes or
where pork and beans come from.
Some children, even in this
community, have never seen a calf
born or a cow milked. They wonder
where eggs come from and seldom
get a chance to learn about farm
safety. For these reasons, we as
farmers need to continue to get the
HCFA ANNUAL/REGIONAL
MEETING
Thursday, October 12/00
Stanley Complex, Varna, Ontario
Dinner: 7:00 p.m.
Entertainment: Area Soloist Cara Stephenson
Neil Currie - OFA GM
Tickets: $10 - available from County
Office Or Directors
56 THE RURAL VOICE
message out, to tell our story about
why we do what we do, to teach our
children about agriculture.
What better way to do this than
the Slice of Huron?
I am on the Slice of Huron
Committee and we are looking for
more people to help make this
happen.
The next organizational meeting is
October 16 at 8 p.m. at the Seaforth
Public School Library. Come out and
help us demonstrate and teach over
1,000 school children our story, how
a wide range of diverse farmers and
agri-business work with nature's
best.
The tentative date for Slice of
Huron is around April 10/01. To get
involved, please call me at 519-345-
2149.0
- Submitted by Charles Regele
Committee Member of the Slice of
Huron and Vice -President of Huron
County Federation of Agriculture
Resolutions at
annual meeting
Anyone wishing to present resolutions to
the OFA Annual Meeting bring them to the
HCFA Annual Meeting in Varna on October
12, 2000.
Delegates to attend the OFA Annual
Meeting will be selected at the HCFA
Annual/Regional meeting in Varna on
October 12, 2000.
to stress that "market revenue
insurance" needs to be strengthened
to help farmers over this time of poor
prices and poor crops. As never
before farmers need to learn how to
lobby effectively.0
- Submitted by Pat Down, President
Huron Federation of Agriculture
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 or 1-800-511-1135
FAX (519) 482-1416
Public Meetings on
"Tree Strategic Plan and Tree Bylaw"
Display at Varna
October 12, 2000
at the Annual/Regional Meeting of
the Huron Federation
OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS:
October 16 - 7:30 p.m. Dungannon United Church
October 19 - 7:30 p.m. Brussels Library basement
or community centre
October 24 - 7:30 p.m. Zurich arena auditorium
October 25 - 7:30 p.m. Exeter Hospital
Boardroom 4304
For more details on the meetings contact
The Huron County Planning Office at 519-524-8394
or check your local newspapers for ads.
Come to the Lucknow area where the whole family
will enjoy visiting local farm operations including:
• Beet • Poultry • Dairy • Goats • Horses
• Apiary (Bees) • Fish Ladder
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lbs 20UJ
Huron Farm Hiker Tour
Goes to the Lucknow Area
October 1, 2000 - 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Pick up your tour program and map at the Lucknow
Community Centre between 12:00 and 3:00
For more information or for advance meal tickets
Call Lloyd Morrison, 519-528-6045 or
Nancy Atchison 519-528-3528
• Please leave your pets at home •
• Donations to the Walkerton Relief Fund •
After the tour (5 p.m.) enjoy a Country Harvest
Supper at the Lucknow Community Centre
510 - adults/55 - children 5-10/free - 4 8 under