The Rural Voice, 2005-02, Page 2HURON COUNTY
FEDERATION OF AGRICULTUR
Your Farm Voice in Huron County
How your Farm Business Registration Fee
comes back to work for you:
* Individual Support to OFA Members - e.g. wind energy leases; land use planning restrictions /Ontario Municipal
Board; gas storage & pipeline /Ontario Energy Board Hearings; assessment; farmland property tax; Beginning Farmer
access to BSE Recovery programs; beef labeling; hydro billing; ATV use on roadways; Conservation Land Tax
Program; Promotion of OFA Member Benefits Programs such as the Ag Energy Co-op
* Community Support: financial contribution to Blyth Firefighters' Training Centre; " Meat the Need"
(cull cow program)
* Representation/Support to other Committees: Huron Farm Environmental Coalition; Huron Farm Mediation
Committee; Huron County Water Protection Committee; Huron Field to Table Steering Committee; Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority Committees on Sinkholes, and Municipal Drains; County Council Committees on water &
aggregates; Ontario Farm Animal Council
* Agricultural Education Initiatives: Huron Farm Hiker Tour; Ag Info Placemats; Slice of Huron; Huron Field to
Table Committee/Good Food Box; Food Freedom Day
* Agricultural Achievement Support: High School Scholarships; 4-H Award; Ridgetown College Rotary Ag Career
Edge Program
* Agricultural Discussion Forums: "kitchen" meetings with OFA Elected representatives; monthly Board Meetings -
open to all members; MP/MPP/Municipal Spring Briefing meeting, Energy from Wind Power meeting; Federal all -
candidates' meeting; HCFA Annual meeting theme: Trade & BSE
* Agricultural Information Exchange: Huron County Federation Website (ww.hcfa.on.ca); Huron Annual Review
Newspaper; Rural Voice subscription paid for OFA Members in Huron; Better Farming Magazine supplied by OFA to
all OFA Members; Promotion of Environmental Funding from Conservation Authorities; Woodlot Management Tour
* Representation and/or Submissions to all levels of Government
Municipal - land use planning; official plan development; water quality issues; livestock predator bylaws
Provincial - Nutrient Management Act Regulatory development; OMAF Land Use Planning Staffing issues; BSE
Recovery programs; Small Abattoir concerns; Deadstock Programs; Source Water Protection Act Regulatory
development; Agricultural Policy Framework; Safety Net Programs; Farmland Assessment; Farmland Property Tax
Program; Proposed Greenbelt Legislation; Consultation on Planning Act Reform, Provincial Policy Statement, and
Ontario Municipal Board; Municipal Outlet Drain Grant Program; CAIS -Safety Net Program needs; Alternative
Energy Development; Land Transfer Tax; Farmland Trusts; Farm Viability Consultation; frequent meetings with
Huron -Bruce MPP
Federal - BSE Recovery Programs; Agricultural Policy Framework discussions - in particular the Business Risk
Management Pillar; CAIS - Safety Net Program needs; Trade issues; frequent meetings with Huron -Bruce MP
* Huron County Federation of Agriculture Structure: Directors from all areas of the County, and all Commodity
groups representing a wide variety of interests, a co-operative, supportive partnership united in the strength with 40,000
other farmer members across Ontario.
Thank you for your support in 2004
When you check OFA on your 2005 Farm Business
Registration form, it means OFA and Huron County
Federation of Agriculture can continue
to work on your behalf.
Call 1-800-511-1135 or 482-9642
to contact us.
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