HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1992-08-05, Page 9FARM UPDATF
orest City in name alone
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London is called the Forest City
but the name just does not fit.
How can the Forest City be on
the side of green growing things
and still steal 26,000 hectares -
more than 60,000 acres - of some
of the best farmland in Canada?
Yet, that is exactly what has hap-
pened in Middlesex County in
spite of a dozen or more meetings
wherein rural voices tried, in vain,
to persuade .this province that the
land grab was unnecessary.
The land mass granted to the city
will triple its size. Can you ima-
gine: tripling the area of a city in
one swell foop?
In a recent newsletter published
by the Winchester Women for the
Support of Agriculture, Carol
Small called this massive annexa-
tion by the city "a travesty of de-
mocracy and betrayal of rural peo-
ple.'
Amen. The ' provincially -
appointed arbitrator, a London
businessman, "ignored all he heard
and rubber-stamped what the pro-
vincial government, the developers
and some. London municipal offi-
cials wanted, enough land to triple
the size of London."
John Brant, the arbitrator, even
chastized the county for not meek-
ly giving in to London's demand
for more land.
What a shame that this land
could soon fall under the develop-
ers' control. We have all seen what
happens to land when it gets plun-
dered by developers. The top soil
is removed, the trees and bushes
are uprooted, the streams are pol-
luted and the land eventually be-
come filled with ticky-tacky hous-
es, all in a row, with miles of
asphalt and parking lots and big
malls and strip malls.
In fact, until the land is desecrat-
ed; it is left with piles of topsoil
and weeds and twitch grass to boil
in the sun until all phases of the de-
velopment are complete.
And it could take years to finish
the development since it is supposed
to be enough land to last London an-
other 50 years.
Why, in the name of all that's fair,
was this unconscionable deed al-
lowed to happen? As Small says in
her letter, it is in direct contradiction
of the government's own policy on
land use and environment as stated
in the recent Sewell Commission
Report. The whole process was a
sham and a blight on democracy.
The Sewell report condemns mas-
sive land grabs.
Bean Board manager for 25 years
Broadwell sets retirement date
LONDON - Charles E. Broadwell,
P.Ag., FAIC, general manager of
the Ontario Bean Producers' Market-
ing Board has recently announced
his retirement to the current Board
of Directors.
Broadwell's retirement will be ef-
fective as of August 31, 1993. al-
lowing a one year training period
for his successor. At time of writing,
a replacement has not yet been se-
lected.
Broadwell was hired as the first
manager of agency marketing for
the Ontario Bean Producers' Market-
ing Board some 25 years ago. He
played an instrumental role in the
development and vast expansion of
the white pea bean industr, .
The following advertisement was
placed in several publications:
A "Golden Opportunity" for the
right person. These terms will best
describe the individual - excellent
negouator, communicator, dynamic,
committed, proven leadership, ex-
cellent organizer.
"The challenge is to provide a vi-
sion as general manager of a $50
Million per year business with a
staff of 4, 9 directors, 32 committee-
men, 3,000 producers plus the inter-
action with 6 export dealers and 64
elevators servicing the white pea
bean industry in Canada and around
the world. This position requires the
skills of an accomplished lobbyist to
interact with various levels of gov-
ernment.
"The mature individual selected
for this position will have both agri-
Lucan #3
4-H club
By Wnity Saunders
LUCAN - Lucan #3 4-H Club
"Walk on the Wild Side" is a club
that enhances your knowledge of
the outdoors.
Club members arc Becky Dun-
nell, vice-president; Patty Dunnell,
secretary; Christy Hardy, president:
Brenda Whitehead, youth leader:
Heather Whitehead: Katharine
Saunders. Emily Saunders, press
reporter. Leaders are Pam Moor
and Christine Geensen-Anderson.
At meeting one. the group got to
know each other by introducing
themselves. They then discussed
mapping skills and went on a 20
minute hike around Lucan. Divided
into three groups with each group
following a route marked on a map
of Lucan, each group followed their
route, marking all important areas
and all arrived back at the leaden
home safe and sound!
In meeting two they discussed
what to bring on a day walk and an
overnight walk. Everyone had good
ideas! Members also went up and
down roadsides picking up gar-
bage. They found no returnable bot-
tles, but thoughtless people seem to
throw out non -returnable cans!
Special guest at meeting three
was Mr. Anderson of the Lucan
Ambulance who spoke about and
showed First Aid. He sold the club
what to do in cases of emergency.
Leader. Christine Geertaen-
Anderson, talked about edible and
non -edible plants in the wild. Lead-
er, Pam Moore, made a presenta-
tion (complete with slides) on the
Sifton Botantical Bog in London,
preparing the club for their trail
next meeting.
Meeting four was a hike through
the Sifton Botantical Bog in Lon-
don. They learned what a bog is.
bow it developed, how deep it is
and what characteristic plants are
there.
cultural and markeung experience.
"Only persons with a university
degree or its equivalent should ap-
ply.
Salary and benefits are commen-
surate with the candidate selected.
"Apply in writing stating qualifi
-
cations and salary expected by Au-
gust 20, 1992 to:
Charles E. Broadwell, P.Ag.,
FAIC, General Manager
The Ontario Bean Producers' Mar-
keting Board, 140 Raney Crescent,
London, Ontario. N6L 1C3
'92 Crops Update
promises answers to
cropping questions
HURON PARK - Cash crop farm-
ers in southwestern Ontario are ask-
ing many questions this summer.
Priccs arc down. Frost and exces-
sive amounts of ram have caused se-
vere damage m some areas. In gen-
eral farmers arc looking tor both
encouraging words and pracucal so-
lutions to this year's cropping prob-
lems.
Crops Update at Centralia College
is the time, for farmers to meet with
the experts and obtain answers to
difficult production problems and
get the latest forecasts on economics
of 1992 crops.
Crops Update will be held August
9, at the Centralia College Research
Fami (2 km north of College cam-
pus). Tours of research plots begin
at 9:30 am. and conclude at 3 p.m.
Lunch is available on the grounds
The noon hour program features
Charlie Broadwell, Ontano Bean
Producers' Marketing Board with
the "White Bean Market Update'
and K.arly Stumpf with the corn and
soybean market update.
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
crops researchers provide commen-
tary during the plot tours. Topics
and speakers include the following:
Tom Hartman and Wray Mason dis-
cussing "Band Spraying and Inter
Row Cultivation"; Gabrielle Fergu-
son "Fall Preparation for No -Till"
and Ron Fleming and Chris Brown
speaking on "Manure Application -
Smoke Tests and Application
Study." "Winter Cereals" will be the
topic presented by Dr. Arend Smid
while Rob Templeman will review
"Row Widths and Harvesting Tech-
niques of Field Beans."
Catch a ride on the continual wag-
on tours for a look at weed control
plots in field beans and soybeans,
and herbicide trails on quackgrass
and bindweed.
For further information contact
Jim OToole, Centralia College
(519)228-6691.
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"Remnant rural Ontario will be-
come a deprived region if commer-
cially and industrially -rich urban
centres are allowed 10 sprawl and
garner alt assessment dollars," said
Small
The Christian Farmers Federation
of Ontario has also taken a stand
against the annexation proposal.
Henry Aukema, president of the
CFFO, said London "cannot he
trusted to do any better with more
land" because it already has a low
population density. Granting the
land at this time is neither necessary
nor appropriate, Aukema says in an
open letter to Municipal Affairs
Minister David Cookc.
"The provincial interest in the pm-
tection of agricultural land must he
exemplary here or we cannot expect
much success elsewhere in the prov-
ince', Aukema says. "If develop-
ment is an option, agricultural land
can he sacrificed under all circum-
stances."
Amen!!
It seems to me that rural Ontario
loses out on all these big -city annex-
ations. I know. I know. People have
to live somewhere but why don't cit-
ies move up instead of out? In this
country, we may appear to have all
kinds of land to squander but it just
isn't so when it comes to farming.
Less than four percent of this huge
land mass we call Canada is fit for
fanning. Only one percent of the
land mass is Class A land.
Once we loss it, it is gone forever.
Yon cannot grow corn or pasture
cows on hectares of asphalt and ce-
ment
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