The Rural Voice, 2002-03, Page 27about a week before Christmas to
mid-January, he says, though August
is slow enough to allow enjoyment of
all the pleasures a beach -side
community like Kincardine offers.
Robson. has been encouraging
fellow growers to become involved
in farm groups. Though there are
differences, greenhouse growers are
growing millions of plants a year
just like corn farmers, he says. i
Perhaps one of the reasons
growers haven't gotten involved in
the past has been that "Our farms
have been, on the whole, very
profitable," he says. But he sees
clouds on the horizon such as the 30
per cent leapin fuel costs greenhouse
growers had to absorb and changing
labour laws.
Robson believes in being involved
and the benefits it brings. Previously
he was involved in the local chamber
of commerce but he says he finds his
contacts in the Federation some of
the most worthwhile he's made. "I
(earn a tot from them," he says of
Federation members. "We're so
different in some ways, not so
different in others."
He also wants to be involved
because he values the rural
and small town communities,
he says. Growing up in suburban
Montreal and later living in Sarnia, "I
lived in cities long enough to know
this is where I want to be. I enjoy the
sense of community that you enjoy in
places like Kincardine."
Though Kincardine, with the
stability offered by the Bruce Nuclear
Power Development and the tourism
industry, has a certain economic
stability, he worries about the decline
he's seen in neighbouring towns and
villages with the changing retail
climate in recent years.
People who have moved to places
like Kincardine to escape the city
appreciate what the rural community
they're buying into offers, he says.
"They understand the importance of
local businesses."
A decade ago he visited the
southern U.S. and saw what the
future can bring to communities if
local stores are lost and there's
nobody to sponsor local sports teams
or other community activities. He's
doing his part to try to prevent the
same kind of situation from
developing here in Ontario.0
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