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radius of approximately 300 feet.
Even before the show, anyone
with access to the World Wide Web
can keep on top of the new offerings
at the Show and connect with
exhibitors in their area by visiting
www.outdoorfarmshow.com
The new web site was developed
at COFS headquarters by Vice-
Presiaent Lorie Jocius and Bryan
Bell -Smith. The site is easy to
navigate and contains a lot of visuals
so web surfers can get idea of the
size of the event. The page links
users to detailed information about
the Show's demonstrations, livestock
areas, crop input plots and other
highlights, as well as general
information on Show services and an
alphabetical list of exhibitors.
COFS staff update the new site
every time a new piece of
programming is put on the schedule,
a new exhibitor signs on, or a news
release regarding the show is sent
out. The site should prove a great
way for visitors to the Show to pre-
plan their day.
Finally, for something different, a
house made of straw will be built
during the show, thanks to members
of CELP (Community and
Environmental Leadership Program)
from Guelph's Centennial CVI
secondary school.
According to CELP instructor
Mike Elrich, straw is actually a
superior building material. These
permanent structures are made with
straw bale walls which are then
sealed in stucco, with post and beam
construction or simply by making the
straw walls load-bearing.
"Everything but the walls is built
using regular methods," said Elrich.
"These are structures that are over
100 years old, basically dating back
to when the straw baler was invented
at the turn of the century. Once the
houses have been built and covered
in stucco, you don't even know the
a straw is there." Everything from
immaculate multi-storey homes to
large barns to storage buildings have
been built with straw bales.
A completed straw building is
actually highly flame retardant, well
insulated for comfort all year round,
and can be expected to last
indefinitely. Because the bales are
highly compressed, they don't allow
space for oxygen to feed a fire, so the