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farmer's financial affairs.
• The expert may also help the farmer
prepare a recovery plan outlining
what the farmer proposed to do to
resolve their financial difficulty.
• The administrator appoints a
mediator to meet with the farmer and
his or her creditors. If the farmer has
applied for a Stay, the meeting would
include all creditors. In applications
without a Stay the meeting includes
all secured creditors and any other
creditors who need to be involved in
reaching a settlement.
• With the assistance of the mediator,
the farmer and creditors discuss and
possibly amend the recovery plan. In
most cases, as experience shows,
they reach a settlement that is helpful
to all.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Individuals, corporations,
partnerships, co-operatives or other
associations of persons "engaged in
farming for commercial purposes"
who are insolvent are eligible for
debt mediation.
To be considered insolvent,
applicants must meet one of the
following criteria:
• unable to meet their obligations as
they generally come due
• ceased paying their current
obligations in the ordinary course of
business as they generally become
due, or
• the value of their property, if
disposed of at a fairly conducted
sale under legal process, would not
be sufficient to enable payment of
all their obligations, due and
accruing due.
To obtain services contact: Farm
Debt Mediation Service, Mr. Bob
Dizichouski, General Manager, 174
Stone Rd. W., Guelph, ON NIG 4T1.
Telephone: (519) 836-8135 or 1-800-
265-7288. Fax: (519) 836-3213.
Website: http://aceis.agr.ca/ progser/
Community food
advisor team needs
members
Volunteer community food
advisors, who can answer questions
regarding food safety and proper
nutrition, as well as inquiries about
food selection, preparation and
storage, are being sought in Huron
and Perth Counties.
Over the past five years, a
dedicated group of individuals has
been carrying out the duties of the
Community Food Advisor program
to the communities in the Huron and
Perth areas. These dynamic
individuals have been involved in
community activities such as
conducting small cooking classes or
workshops, organizing and staffing
displays, giving presentations or
demonstrations and answering
questions from the public via the
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The program will be training up to
30 new candidates to become
certified volunteer community food
advisors who will graduate in June
2001.
Training is scheduled to being
mid-September on Tuesday evenings
at the Mitchell high school. For more
information or an application
package, please contact Cheryl
Underwood, volunteer co-ordinator
at 1-800-479-0716 or 519-482-8777.
Applications will be accepted until
August 25.0
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