The Rural Voice, 2002-03, Page 70People
Charbonneau, Cogle promoters of gear
George Charbonneau (left) and Ann Coyle accept the Promoters of the Year
award from Perth County Pork Producers' Association President Jim Van Herk.
Dr. George Charbonneau and his
wife Anne Coyle received the
Promoters of the Year award at the
2002 annual meeting of the Perth
County Pork Producers' Association
in Stratford, January 24.
Charbonneau runs a swine
veterinary practice in Stratford and
was instrumental in launching the
Ontario Pork Industry Council in
1997. He has held all executive
positions for the Ontario Association
of Swine Practitioners as well as the
Ontario Pork Congress.
Coyle has served on the
registration committee of the Pork
Congress and the communications
committee of OPIC.0
Former Ag. Minister
Lorne Henderson
dies at 81
Lorne Henderson, who served
as minister of agriculture under the
Bill Davis government, died on
February 7 at age 81.
Henderson first entered politics
as a councillor in Lambton
County's Enniskillen Township in
1946, running in an effort to get
better snow removal on township
roads. He was elected to the
Ontario Legislature in 1963 and
served until his retirement in 1985.
He was appointed minister of
agriculture in 1979.0
Morris seeks Liberal
nomination
Former Ontario Federation of
Agriculture President Tony Morris
is one of several people seeking the
Liberal Party nomination in the
provincial riding of Bruce -Grey -
Owen Sound, currently held by Bill
Murdoch.
Morris has shown a special
interest in developing new income
alternatives for farmers, helping
found Market Grey -Bruce in the
early 1990s and last year
spearheading a conference "Taking
Back Your Livelihood" at Formosa,
which looked at the possibility of
processing more food locally
through new generation co-
operatives. He recently developed a
new website www.ruralroutes.com0
Lintons Huron's producers of the year
Dave and Brenda Linton are the
producers of the year for the Huron
County Pork Producers' Association.
In presenting the award at the
association's annual meeting in
Seaforth, Dave Lewington spoke of
the respect the couple has won from
their neighbours while building their
farm from a renovated barn to an
efficient 100 -sow -plus farrow -to -
finish operation. Speaking of their
newest barn, a loose -housing sow
barn, Lewington said it showed
"respect for the environment and for
the welfare of their pigs."
Both Lintons are involved in the
community with Brenda serving with
the Humane Society and Dave
having spent two years as Huron
County's director on the Ontario
Pork board. He has also been
involved in consultations on
Canadian Food Inspection Agency's
proposals to regulate drug use in on-
farm feed milling operations.
Dave serves on the CKNX Farm
Advisory Board and writes columns
for Ontario Farmer.
Both partners are involved in the
operation with Brenda's nursing
skills adding to the high level of
achievement in the barn.0
Brenda and Dave Linton (centre) accept the Huron County
Pork Producers of the Year award from Jean Lubbers,
HCPA president and Dave Lewington. -w""
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