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Rural
child
care
resolution
evokes
lively
discussion
The Ontario Farm Women's Net-
work resolution on rural child care
inspired a particularly lively discus-
sion at the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture conference in Novem-
ber. OFWN past president Corry
Martens reports that the seemingly
conservative resolution attracted
considerable interest:
I thought it was a Clear-cut
resolution, just asking for action on
previous government commitments.
The resolution was well prepared,
with statistics on child deaths over
the past 17 years, and recommen-
dations from the January 1994
child-care conference.
The discussion included an objec-
tion to "Asking for subsidized day
care;" a question, "Do we want the
government to come in and tell us
how we have to look after our
kids?" and a statement that if we
made more money on our farms we
would not need child care - "then
one of the parents can stay home."
Maybe we can consider ourselves
lucky that this speaker did not say
"then the mother can stay home."
Fortunately, many people, men
and women, defended the
resolution. One woman remarked
that "twenty three years ago when
we had five small children on our
farm we lobbied for safe daycare:
now I am a grandmother and we
are still only talking about this need
for farm families."
As mover of the resolution, I was
able to clarify that OFWN is not
asking for subsidized day care - just
for safe, affordable, flexible daycare
in rural communities.
I learned a valuable lesson in this
process: never take anything for
granted, make sure you have done
your home work and have your
support -groups lined up.
Harvest day overwhelming success
•from page 11A
As part of their education, Perth
County Harvest Day was held last
October, with eight hosts - six of
them actual farms - receiving more
than 1,000 visitors who sampled
and
y. The
products, were given tour
learned about farm technolp
day was such an over
elming sux`ests, ano er Harvest
Day is planned for Oct. 1, but with
different farms so there's
"something new and refreshing each
time," Nicholson said.
Calls are received throughout the
year from organizations hoping to
go on a simple farm tour as part of
their itinerary. Such a move is
always accommodated, with a back-
ground list of 10-12 host farms on
hand to fit their need.
Nicholson pointed out that the
host farmer must be "unique and
special" to open up their place of
business, most likely on a weekend,
and answer questions ranging from
the idiotic to obvious.
She added that they can assist in
planning itineraries for visitors,
which includes as much or as less
as each group wants.
There is an admission fee for
tours, usually $5 per person, which
is split with the farmer and the
agri-tourism committee. The funds
received from the committee are
then used for promotion and adver-
tising.
Nicholson recently finished a
series of Ontario Agriculture
Training Institute (OATI)
workshops throughout Huron, Ox-
ford, Middlesex, Elgin and Kent
counties entitled "What Is
Agri-Tourism....Should I Getln-
volved." Each of the aftemoon
seminars involved three speakers
who explained what it takes to get
involved with agri-tourism.
"We are taking it to different
areas enticing people to get in-
volved," she said. "It's a neat way
to promote your commodity and
your product. Everybody wins,
really."
Even the big city kid who can
finally distinguish between dogs
and calves.
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