The Rural Voice, 1999-01, Page 19customers have bccn warned they
face a wait of a month to get their
pork. Although the orders have been
divided up between abattoirs in
Owen Sound, Markdale, Hanover
and Kincardine, they're still unable
to keep up with the additional
demand on top of their regular
customers.
Faced with losing money even
on the pigs they sell, many
pork producers have decided
they might as well help the poor. In a
much -publicized move, more than
300 hogs wcrc assembled at Rodney
and Denfield assembly yards,
processed by Quality Meat Packers
and Maple Leaf Meats and
distributed to the Daily Bread Food
Bank in Toronto.
In the heart of pork country the
Perth County Pork Producers
Association announced a "Hunger
Relief by Perth Pork Producer;"
program under which a pork
producer can take a pig to a local
abattoir and designate the meat as a
donation to the local food bank. The
program is modeled on the Huron
Hunger Alliance instituted 16 months
earlier.
Meanwhile the Bruce County
Federation of Agriculture is trying to
raise money from donations to buy
pork for local foodbanks. The
Federation will act as a recipient of
donations from businesses and
individuals and whcn they get
enough money will order a pig which
will be processed and given to the
Salvation Army.
Prior to the announcement of help
from both levels of government,
some farmers were worried they
might need foodbank services
themselves to get through the cash -
crunch brought on by the price
collapse. With the pre -Christmas
announcement many wcrc able to
relax a little, even though details of
the programs weren't immediately
available and it seems it will he
months before they'll actually get a
payout— in the case of the federal
program, after they've filed income
tax returns to 1998. Farm leaders
hope, however, that with the promise
that money is coming suppliers and
banks will be encouraged to continue
to support their clients until the
money comes in.0
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