Huron Expositor, 1999-04-28, Page 9Agriculture
Emu oil used for its he
Amy Fotheringham markets
a. line of cosmetic products
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
It started with two breeding
pairs of emus but has become
a fult-scale . .operation
producing 'emu for meat and,
more recently. for the oils
used for cosmetic,' medicinal
• and veterinary purposes.
'in the beginning. it was
:omet)iing• different," said
Amy Fotheringham - of
Fotheringham -Far-ms. That
,was ,shout tour years ago.
when North Americans began
hrecding , the - Australian
native birds for their low fat.
• reit meat.. - - •
The Fotheringhatns .hrced
•tor -es and train riders hue
vcre. ready to add something
different. They -researched the
idea and (nand it is actually
'aster to raise emus.
•We were pretty impressed
with overythine =ahotit-the
..nu: the meat,. the hide. the
rserything from skin
, onditions to diaper rash.
While emus have only.
been bred" in North America
for .about a decade,
oils.'' Fotheringham said. Fotheringham said .there's
Nothing from the animal is
' wasted.
"It's very similar, to beet:
All of the cuts on.cmu are
comparable to your high-end
".cuts of beef.". she said.
adding it can he a little
different to cook -but is. low in
- fat and cholesterol and higher
in iron. • .
.But Fotheringham's focus
has. shifted to the oil that is
left. after .the hird has.
processed by the co-operative
they to which..thcy .sell the
emus.
.She said the oil is, an anti-
_ inflammatory that penetrates
the skin harrier: helping with
ailments such' as arthritis.
sore- muscles: and, tendon
pain.
it's a great Moisturiser. ti
doesn't sit on the surface of
your skit. It doesn't .wash
• off." she said. •
it's been used tot.
nothing new' about, the
properties of the oil. -
. Aborigines in Australia'
have .used it_ for thousands of
years and. would wrap
injuries in emu hide. allowing.
the hot sun to melt the fat
around the location. allowing
-the oil's properties to ahsorb
into the skin.
"It's been around for a long
time." shit-said,a-
While the .cooperative
takes the meat and hide..
Fotheringham buys the oil in
hulk . •from .. them and
manufactures her own
product. _
-We've been using the oil-
,uirselves since we had -the
birds." .hc said. -
She has packaged the oil in -
pum hottles and keeps it • 1(X1.:
- per cent natural. .
The oil comes from fat of,
the hird and is ,produced at a
rendering facility
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Fotheringham found that
does not use _any other
chemicals in its process..
Since marketing the
product, the Seaforth
Veterinary Clinic has also
picked .it .up., using it to
quicken healing on, the
surgical wounds of animals.
• It is also used with a
combination ofother
medicines because of its.
ability to carry. them through
the skin barrier.
• In addition' to using it
herself, she uses the oil to
treat her horses if they have
any injuries.
- • For herself. she said the oil
thickens the skin and offers
' anti -aging effects by reducing
-wrinkles when it's applied.
Now, going beyond the oil,
Fotheringhampaints designs
on . the eggs. . making.
=Christmas ornaments and was
planning to use the 'hides to..
make a_dress.. •
"I've seen jackets and
•coats.made out of the hides•
just about -anything you can
use your other leathers 'for."
she said.
properties
Farm safety committee hopes to avoid
serious accident when harvest begins
By Scott Hilgendorff
xoositor Editor
While spring planting is
only starting,".t Huron' and
Perth County committee is
aunchintz a_' -sate harvest"
. ainpaign , to help keep-
• arrners .tnd-the• public safe
vheri sharing the. roads with
• .irm,oquipment.
Jamie Beaumont.- . a
. timmtttee member. said Ione
.4 the easiest -acsadenrs to
wait is a' collision fat night
with farm equipment and
regular trate ie. . • -
"Therc-'s been a lot. .4
: acath'uttrrhuted to -that.' he
' -
The•aommittee has formed
a plan where signs will he
posted at some --area grain
.!ic,..ators. When ,farmers
teiiyer their crops. .the sign
.s ill .Hera them to basic safety
.oncerns and to -the tact an
ntorrnatlirn Sheet is available
• here to• update •them on
uepics including the proper
safety equipment they need
for- their tractors. • for
example.. - -
He said Nome elevators
estimate 90 per .cent of. the
farm equipment coming
.hrouith Would ni►i• meet
proper safety standards and
farmers need to he math
-aware ofthe steps hcy :rave
:.to take to be ci►nsidcreu sags.
Today. he said _ :'arrn
&quipment is more dangerous
than transport trucks �nictr
have.recently •been *areeteu.
by new :safety standards .ind
increased inspec.-tuins:
:• Much of that stemmed
from accidents rotating. to
wheels f'all'ing off moving
trucks... • killing .ether
• •rnotonsts. • .
• B.eaurnont"said there is
--little law entorceme.iit:when
it conies to farm:equipment
and t•s-.timid it will take a
serious accident -with
fatalities to set attention
turned in that direction.
"We're trying to avoid
that." he. said. -
. The group working on this
project is a sub -committee of
the •Huron :Perth Injury.
Prevention Committee and is
ioeussed on farm safety. •
The injury prevention
committee is made up of
onimun►ty partners from-.
turns. the two :counties,
.,ttetnpttng 'to reduce the
,.unount of iniuritsis in various•
:►real from motor vehicles to
alts %,v. seniors. [r -is
,p'carheaded hy"the Huron
-
C,iunty Health Unit. -
• i This is the first •mattr
initiative of .the farm safety
.:irnmittee and Beaumont
hopes it will grow with more
.iiey,uors and farm operations
posting signs and providing
i n ionnauon.
'The .equipment is getting
artier and raster- and in a lot
el .:aes.-the drivers are using
.t less." he said. adding there
There are good bugs, and bad bugs
:UI hugs arc loud because -
they.lre a mesad, for an
hut some are had when- it
s'mes to your -garden. master
,'ardener Lit Tattersall. of -
Exeter told the students who
took part in A Slice of Hurim.•
this month.
"We need .insects or the
snakes. birds: bats and frogs
that eat them will starve. But:
.nine ot.theni,: like aphids,
we don't need in our
'gardens." 'he ,aid.
Garden -friendly bugs are
:•oilutator.. without which
:here would he no tlowers.or
fruit and predators, which eat
the hugs •;casting on the
animal • s arden.... • -
"'The praying mantis t• .t
.great: predator. They -re big
:and they eat everything
. they Cat their husbands and.
every other hugbesidei."•
said Tattersall.
Ladbugs are also predators
that eat aphids. as. Many as
.i.00-400 a month..•utf.Tit
'ost:. and •ucking out the
. goodness. .ve go into the
garden :aid collect• a cup -of
aphids. grind them. up in the
blender with water and:spray
them tan the roses. Then the
aphids won't think my roses
are a good place to• he' with
• all the dead aphid ',tidies' all
Over the. place,'; she told the
.'students. The fj.iposiror:Continues u
-series •,/ short status based
iii ;1 .Slice uh Huroti. •The
lime ran; -introduced area
•.rtiulevtis to .t'drious aspects
.nl Huron County agriculture.
roses. .
She gave, the students -
recipes tar hug Juice to get
rid of. had hugs without'
pesticides.
-When 'the aphids are•
sucking their snouts into my
Shelly McPhee -Hoist photo
A 'Dashwood girl' Diane Carson, tett, of Hanover arid tormerly at Exeter and Dashwood,
won the prestigious Viewer's Choice Award at the 1999 IPM Quill Show in Exeter this past
weekend. Diane's taupe and navy Celtic Applique quilt was the popular choice by the
majority of the 2,000 visitors who attended the show. The win was especially sweet for Dane
who is a relative newcomer to quilting, but hos lifelong connections with the local area and is
one of the hundred of. volunteers who are helping to organize the International Plowing
Match to be held north of Dashwood from September 21-25, 1999.'Bey VanNinhuys, right,
also of the IPM lifestyles Committee presented Diane with her blue ribbon.
are often oven less
experienced. people using the
equipment when extra help is
needed during the harvest
season.
So far. the Perth County
Co-op and W.G. Thompson
are taking part in the project
but Beaumont hopes other.
elevators and companies that
work with farmers will come
on board. -
He hopes to have the -first
signs in place. early in May,
in prepar?rion for the spring
seeding so farmers are
exposed.to the intormation
before the harvest begins in
July.
Beaumont said the number
one killer on farms is the
tractor and i.t's on a tractor.
on the roads that the farmer
has the;most interaction with
the public. :
He said accidents are a.
"potential bombshell" for
farmers ,and public.
'perception.
Stott Hilgendorff photo
Emu at Bill and Amy Fotheringham's farm are used for. Much
more than their meet Amy has developed a line of emu oil
products said to be good for the skin
Chick
at
Milton J. Dietz Ltd.
R.R. #4 Seaforth, Ont. -
1-800-818-5257
522-0608
Order Your
Vaccinated Chicks L -'
Goslings, Ducklings
Turkey Poults
Order by May 7/99 {-A
Pick up June 11/99
Care and feeding recommendations
provided. ,.
Also available: shavings, waterers,
feeders, heat lamps and bulbs and
the best in Purina feeds.
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Huron County Agriculture Awareness Committee
" A SLICE .OF HURON 5"
WISHES TO THANK...
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Hensail Co -Op
Seaforth Do- it Centre
Seaforth Agncultural Society
Hensall Fair Board
Clinton Fair Board
Harold Pryce -
Huron County Beef Herd . -
Improvement Association
Seaforth Public School
Audio Visual Library Guelph
• Shewan Ornaments •
Keating's Pharmacy
Ron McKay •
Jack and Marg Kroes
Ron and Sharon Douglas •
Huron County Pork Producers
Ontario Pork -
Huron County Beef Producers
McKinley Hatchery •
Doug Easton
Greg & Chris Hackett
McIntosh Poultry Farms
Ontario Egg Producers
Huron County Egg Producers
Leonard Greidanus . • •
emings Feed Mill
Peter Boersma
Dave Boersma
Rick Branderhorst
Ontario Chicken Producers
Marketing Board
Hayter's Turkey Farm
. Perth Huron Veterinary
Association
-Carolyn Van Dorp -
'Ernst Gublemann
Andrew McBride
Gencor
Dairy Lane Systems.
Huron County Dairy.
Producers ,
Clarence Dekens
Henry.& Janet Boot
Master Gardeners of Huron
County. •
Bill Johnston
Bernard Murray •
Debbie Bauer.
Crystal Salm
Verbeek's Garden Centre -
Clinton • -
Vincent Farm Equipment
Huron Commodities
First Line Seeds Ltd.
W.G. Thompson & Sons Ltd.
Novartis Seeds Inc.
Hill& Hill farms Ltd., .
,c argil Ltd.
Huron Soils &Crop
Improvement Association
Huron Tractor Ltd. •.•
McGavin farm Equipment
Pioneer Hibred
Cooks Div of P & H Ltd.
Dekate Canada
- Varna i ;neral -Store. -
Ont. 4.=, inured Bean Growers
• ,Association
'Ont. White Bean Producers
Marketing Board
: Orland Reichert •
.Yvonne litiggart
Wayne 5hapton
Bill Gibson
Pete's Paper Clip
. Perth F. M. Curilmunications -
5t. John s Ambulance -
Goderich & Brussels Brigade
CkNX.TV . -
CKNXRadio •
Ontarto•Ministry of AKnculture
Food & Rural Affairs
Agri Food Network
. Clinton Sr Area Christian
- School Board
• Huron -Perth Separate School
. Board of Education
Avon Maitland Board.of
Education •
Seaforth Sr District •
Community Centre
-1W1a a West ,Gerber - ,\ iTC
Ginsultant
The Huron Ice Co. Inc.
Hurn Expositor .
Farm ;5aiety ,Assoc. •
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We thank Exeter Agricultural Society, Thames Road Women, ,
Huron West Women's Institute and Huron South Institute for
preparing the noon meals for our volunteers. Supplies were
donated y:
Green's of Wingham
Treats & Meats, Wingham -
Bruce & Sharon Vincent
Metzger's of fiensall
Bacherts of Walton
Bill Fleming
Zehrs Food Plus - Goderich
Taylor's Market -Clinton
.•Corries valu-mart, Clinton
Shanahan's Foodland,
Goderich '
Scrimgeours Blyth
Seaforth Knechtel Food
Market
Moore's Clinton
M&M Meats, Goderich
Today's Variety-.Londeborti
Winthrop General Store ,
• Hubbard Family, Blyth.
Case Brand
Hayter's Turkey Farm
Seaforth Creamery
Nabisco, Exeter
W.G. Thompson, Hensall
Thank you to those who attended our Thursday night Open
House/Family Night and for the food items you donated.
Items donated went to Seaforth Food Bank.
THANKS TO ALL VOLUNTEERS
Chairperson: Kittie MacGregor
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