The Rural Voice, 1996-06, Page 63if
GREY
County Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER
446 10th St., Hanover, Ontario N4N 1 P9
519-364-3050
• The Rural Voice is provided to all Grey
County Farmers by the GCFA.
GCFA information at the touch of a button
The Grey County Federation of
Agriculture (GCFA) has had a
WWW site on the internet since
November 1995 and I felt now that
we are going into our seventh
month, it would be an appropriate
time to do an assessment and review.
For those that haven't had the
opportunity to visit our site, it
consists of a "Home Page" that
informs visitors about our mission
statement, who we are and some of
the issues that we arc dealing with in
Grey County. There is also a list of
our affiliate members, which will act
as a link to their sites in the future.
One of our affiliate members is
Markct Grey -Bruce who, at their
annual meeting, approved the
development of a website along with
the internet version of the "Green
Pages". Anyone interested in having
a spot in the "Internet Green Pages"
should contact Lori Leask at 1-800-
275-9551. As well as the Home
Page there is an editorial/news page
for news and comments about
GCFA activities. It is hopcd that
Federation members will participate
in contributing to this page.
Also included in the site is the
visitor "guest book" where we invite
visitors to sign in, and leave a note
or a comment. We have had mail
from all over the world, a request
from someone in the Ukraine for 10
thousand tonnes of Canadian wheat,
past area residents who have moved
what is going on in the county, and
local people glad to have the
opportunity to be in easy contact
with the Federation.
We will be updating and adding
to the site on a regular basis. The
spring edition of the news is on now.
TORNADO
BENEFIT DANCE
Sullivan & Holland
Townships
Saturday,
June 8, 1996
9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Williamsford Arena
55.00 per person
Market Grey -Bruce Directory
The Market Grey -Bruce 1996-97 Green Pages Directory is now available!
The first of its kind in the Bruce -Grey area, 5,000 copies of this 28 -page
directory are now being distributed to tourism and
information offices and food and entertainment
establishments in the two counties.
There are over 90 local enterprises listed including
many hard -to -find small operators and producers of
fine quality foodstuffs and other services.
The Green Pages also feature the MGB "Pride of
Grey -Bruce" logo which was recently introduced.
The logo will be appearing in various formats in
businesses, large and small, throughout the two
counties. It tells consumers that local foods and other
fine products are available wherever it is displayed.
For further information about the Directory and the logo please contact:
Lori Leask, Secretary, 519-364-3050.0
60 THE RURAL VOICE
We will continue to find new and
better ways to use this site. This
powerful new tool that we are
learning to use is offering great
opportunities for rural businesses,
organizations and individuals to
have access to a world of
information, communication and
entertainment.
See you on the Net.0
David Snider
GCFA Site Administrator
dsnider@headwaters.com
Winners of our
Maple Syrup Draw
at the
Chesley Agri -Fair
Orville Monk, RR 2, Elmwood
Keith Prime, Chesley
Bradley Bricker, RR 2, Tara
Mitchell Reid, RR 3, Chesley
Morris Emke, Chesley
Betty Schmidt, Walkerton
Richard Proud, RR 1, Desboro
GCFA
DIRECTORS'
MEETING
Thursday,
June 25, 1996
OMAFRA Boardroom,
Markdale
8:00 p.m.
MEMBERS ARE
WELCOME TO ATTEND
1