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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-05-24, Page 33Times -Advocate, May 24, 1989 :morn 4.400nw erne C') ^fO9 loo ! eoeco' sc "e mwoctrQ ^ �t%AuQc t.Ao' 'rive'` no Present graduates - Students Brenda Cormartin, Brian Feris and Karen Clarke presented a picture of the 1989 graduating class to principal Bill Allen at Thursday's ceremonies. Junior Farmers raise .$30,000 GUELPH - The totals are" in! Thisyear at their annual conference in March the members of the Junior Fanners' Association of Ontario (JFAO) raised over $30,000.00 to docate to their 1989 featured charity - Canadian Guide Dogs for the B1nd. Bill Thornton, the founder of the worthwhile cause, received the cirque at the annual banquet. Waterloo Junior Farmers issued a challenge to see which county or one could have the most change to Ielp them fill a Volkswagon. Zone 1 consisting of the counties of Perth, Bruce, Grey and Huron won that challenge by pouring $769.00 into the VW. The total collected in the bug was approximately $2,0(0.00. Elections were held on the Friday night during the annual meeting and Scott Kelman, Brant, was named as the 1989-90 president of the JFAO. Other members of the JFAO execu- tive who were introduced during the annual meeting were: Past President Suzi Hilts Stanley, Durham West; Vice President Kelly Allen, Pre- scott; Zone Directors C. Mark McConnell, Bruce, Don Maloney, Lennox & Addington; Matt Bow- man, Temiskaming, Dianne Nor- man, Norfolk, Thom Mueller, Uni- versity of Guelph, Danny Hodgins, Middlesex; Executive Director Ca- thy Honderich, Waterloo; Program Consultant Nancy Larmer; Secre- tary -Treasurer Sue Visser. The theme for the conference was "The Challenge is Mine in '89" and the 275 delegates attending enjoyed speakers such as Ross Daily, CFPL-TV; . Allan Simmons and Rev. Roger McCombe who carried this theme through in their messag- es to the group. .....,Guests attended from the Future Farmers of America, Manitoba Ru- ral Youth, PEI Rural Youth, Que- bec Young Farmers and Indiana Young Adults. The Junior Farmers' Association of Ontario continues to be one of Ontario's leading organizations for the self development of rural youth. Through workshops in social recre- ation, public speaking, and leader- ship, the members are able to im- prove themselves. Members of the JFAO may also travel to other provinces, the U.S. and internation- ally. Their interest in community betterment is evident in the dollars raised for the annual conference and on a local scale by various means within their respective counties. A chip on the shoulder invites someone to knock it off. If the chip is not visible, a fight rarely ensues. It seems to me that too many people engaged in agri- culture these days appear to be wandering around with a chip - per- haps even a log - that is visible to anyone within seeing distance. Popping off about free trade when nobody really knows what free trade and agriculture is all about comes to mind. Not that the subject should not be broached, mind you, but it should be talked about rather than raved about. Farmers have also been suggest- ing that animal rights activists. know naught of what they speak which is not entirely true. Most of them have a genuine concern for animals but many know little or nothing about agriculture and this is what farmers should be doing: that is, educating rather than get- ting angry. The same can be said about farm- ers and environmentalists. Areas of common interest exist here, obvi- ously, and the potential for cooper- ation is apparcnt even to the most ignorant bystander. . For instance, environmentalists are concerned about soil erosion and farmers are, too: There is a ba- sis for common action since it has been estimated that soil erosion in Canada is costing somewhere be- tween $50 and $70 billion a year. Fanners must be concerned about such losses and they could work to- gether with environmentalists to find solutions to some of Canada's erosion problems. The so-called greenhouse effect is also of common concern. The ozone layer depletion could make some profound climatic changes. Western Canada, the Prairie Prov- inces, could change from being a breadbasket to a basket case. In- stead of the emotional environmen- talists trying to clobber f mors, the two sections of the c )my could work together to prevent ero- sion. Page 33 Lett.N.•ete.a/rKHedbv SM NINON (teHt AA Error. OM Nip JC 7 J Common agreement could be reached, too, I'm convinced; on the use of pesticides. Agriculture has seen a dramatic increase in the use of pesticides but farmers today are convinced that much can be done to cut down the use. Unavoidable side effects have made conscientious farmers much more aware of their responsibility. They do not want a repetition of what happened in New Brunswick a few years ago when three million birds were killed. Farmers are more than aware that pesticide poisoning has affected many Alberta grain farmers. Canada, as I understand it, lacks an independent pesticide testing la- boratory. *Both factions - farmers and environmentalists - could got together on such a lab. To leave all the testing in the government's hands seems to me to be a grave mistake. Too many bureaucrats can mess up the Lord's Prayer. To leave all the testing of chemicals, pesti- cides, herbicides and weedicides in the hands of government paper - pushers seems to be an act of blind faith. I don't know about you but I have less and less faith in the bureaucrats of this country. 1 am getting old and cynical and mean and crotchety. I have been cow -kicked and stepped on too often by those in authority to trust them any farther than I can throw a Holstein by her switch. I have spenehalr my life fighting them and the other half trying to understand thein and I have about given up. To suggest that a gcxxt, independent testing lab is unneces- sary is to put too much trust in civ- il servants, some of whom have be- come uncivil. At my age, I have become sick, sore and tired of young administra- tors trying to build empires to the point where they have forgotten they are there to serve the public, not to hinder thein. Enough. It's time for farmers and environmentalists to get together and fight a common foe. 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