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"You pay the woman who carried
your food from a restaurant kitchen
15 per cent and do it with a smile on
your face," he said, but that's more of
the food dollar than the farmer gets.
Environmental issues were also
high on the agenda of the brief with
leaders wondering when Bill 81 the
provincial Nutrient Management Act
could be expected.
Johns said because Bill 81 died on
the order paper when the last session
of the legislature ended, changes
have already been approved by the
agriculture committee and the bill is
posted on the OMAF website. "I
don't feel we have to go back to the
committee," she said.
Johns said she had wanted to
speed up consultations on the
regulations that will go along with
the bill's implementation but had
been told these couldn't begin until
the bill was passed. In the meantime
she advised farm leaders to start
preparing their briefs.
Grey County Warden Larry Miller
told Johns millions of dollars are
needed to deal with requirements the
province is bringing down that make
it mandatory that septic tanks be
pumped out every two years and yet
make it illegal to spread septage on
farm fields as before. The result is
that charges for pumping a septic
tank have soared from from $75 to
$300 in just two months.
Johns admitted the province has to
look at how to process septage but
she pointed out that the province has
been supporting improvements to
water and sewage treatment facilities
under the Superbuild and OSTAR
programs. However, she said, there is
a need for more creative programs.
"It's going to be very costly if we
don't find creative solutions," she
said.
A brief from the Grey County Soil
and Crop Improvement Association
argued the need for ongoing financial
support for the Environmental Farm
Plan program. Keith Matthews,
association president, noted that
1,3011 Grey County farmers, and
more than 20,000 province -wide, had
Continued on Pg. 49