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Workshop will focus listi
on the farm family
Huron County Rural Connections
will be hosting "A Slice of Rural
Life" Workshop on March 23, from
9:30 to 3:30, at the Goderich
Township Hall in Holmesvilte.
In recognition of the International
Year of the Family, the focus will
be on the farm family and will
feature guest speaker, George
Stock, farmer, active community
member, and rural Community
Development Worker, Oxford
County Branch of Canadian Mental
Health Association.
The day will also include Farm
Health Fair displays and infor-
mation regarding many aspects of
Rural health issues, as well as in-
formation regarding the results of
the recent Rural Health Survey
conducted by, the Huron County
Heart Health program.
The day will also feature, Kim
Souch, local country
singer/songwriter. Kim has been
featured at many Huron County
schools and other local events
presenting her original music to
promote a positive healthy balance
of mental health.
Participants won't want to miss
Superwomen Productions presen-
tation of scenes and songs from
"Superwomen" and "The Farm
Show." This humorous drama is
performed by Carol Oriold, Arlene
Ostien, and Jerry Simpson.
All in all it is a day of education,
entertainment, and interaction with
your neighbors. Registration is
$15/person, or $25/couple for the
day including hot noon meal.
To register call 482-9311 before
noon March 18. For further infor-
mation contact Phyllis Ramer, Rural
Connection Resource Worker, at
482-9311.
Learning about water
from the ground up
Imagine waking up to find that
you don't have any water to brush
your teeth! Groundwater, Canada's
hidden resource, is relied on by
more than one quarter of all
Canadians for everyday con-
sumption.
In Ontario alone more than 400
million cubic metres of groundwater
are consumed annually by
households, businesses and farming
operations. Becoming aware of this
resource, its value neither
understood nor appreciated, is a
project that everyone should
become involved in, especially
children and educating them about
groundwater protection is a step
towards their taking an active role
to ensure a reliable water supply for
the future.
More than, 5,000 elementary
school children from Grades 4 to 6
will have the opportunity to par-
ticipate in hands-on activities and
interactive discovery centres
focusing on groundwater and its
importance in our lives during the
first "Canadian Children's
Groundwater Festival" to be held
from June 6 to 10, 1994 at the
Ontario Agricultural Museum, Mil-
ton.
Organizers of the first "Canadian
Children's Groundwater Festival"
have blended learning with fun to
create a festival atmosphere that
will appeal to participants of all
ages. With more than 30 different
activities including "The Royal
Flush, Well -drilling, Water
Witching, Home Sweet Home and
'Aq' - The Amazing Aquifer", the
festival will provide a foundation of
learning. Students at the festival
will learn about how we use
groundwater to do many things,
from flushing a toilet and brushing
our teeth, through to the amount of
water used in food processing.
Livestock play key role
in food production cycle
(NC) - While today's farmers
provide the food the world needs
now, they must also avoid
compromising the ability of future
generations to produce food. They
call it sustainable agriculture. And
livestock play a key part in
achieving that goal.
"There are five resources - soil,
animals, water, plants, and air - that
are critical to agriculture and vital
to the quality of our environment
now and in the future," says
Richard Johnson, head of the Soils
Branch at the Alberta Environmen-
tal Centre.
"Soil is the resource under the
most pressure," he adds. The good
news is that sustainable agriculture
can help solve the problem.
Johnson explains: "There are two
steps involved. Firstly, farmers need
to include perennial legumes and
grasses in the crops they grow on a
rotating basis. These crops -vent
erosion, enrich the soil, and 1 I. in
pest, disease and water
management.
"Secondly, farmers need to feed
these crops to livestock. Animals
such as cattle can convert this food,
which can't be used by humans,
into high quality protean. In ad-
dition, animal waste adds valuable
nutrients to soil which can then be
used to grow food that humans can
eat.
"Those who argue for the
elimination of livestock from far-
ming may not realize they're ar-
guing for a step that will jeopardize
our ability to produce enough food
for today's needs while conserving
our soil for future generations."
For more information, call 905-
821-4943.