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more analytical method in the certi-
fication process, Anthon warned that
relying solely on lab analysis of the
final product would be sorely
inadequate.
An international perspective was
provided by Dr. Michael Jost, the
chairman of the Erntedank Control
Committee based in Lansing,
Michigan. Jost's work takes him
throughout the American midwest and
occasionally to the Canadian prairies
and Europe.
In his certification program, Jost
uses a questionnaire and field tours.
He stressed the need for organic
growers to abide by strict standards
that are carefully enforced if they want
to build a respectable position in the
marketplace.
Also speaking at the meeting was
Dave Hayman, a water quality
technician with the Upper Thames
River Conservation Authority. The
authority's recent studies, aimed at
pinpointing the cause of the bacterial
contamination that has caused beach
closures during the past few years, led
the authority, unexpectedly, to the
barnyard.
Apparently, the relatively recent
advent of beach pollution is the result
of the slow but steady intensification
of livestock production — the worst
polluters turned out to be milkhouse
wastes and inadequate manure storage.
Hayman outlined the study done on
the Pittock watershed, the reservoir
most affected, and illustrated some of
the solutions for waste treatment and
waste containment that the authority
and farmers are now working on.0
Shelly Paulocik
OFFICERS ELECTED
FOR SYDENHAM
At its meeting last month, the
Sydenham Federation of Agriculture
drafted a resolution for the county level
asking that incineration be promoted
in Owen Sound and environs with the
idea that land -fill sites will eventually
be obsolete.
Newly re-elected president of the
Sydenham federation is Irvin Van-
wyck. Ralph Snyder was elected first
vice-president, Fred Hukstra second
vice-president, and Lloyd Mitchell
secretary-treasurer.0
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