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24 THE RURAL VOICE
SPECIAL REPORT
"Share the work, share the power"
was the focus of a workshop con-
ducted by Donna Lunn for the Can-
adian Mental Health Association
meeting in Banff in mid-May. These
six words embody the philosophy of
the president of the Ontario Farm
Women's Network.
Lunn cringes inwardly when she
hears a woman refer to herself as "the
farmer's wife." She calls herself a
farmer. Besides doing the computer
work and bookkeeping for the Lunn
dairy farm near Belmont, Lunn is the
homemaker, mother of three children,
and a Registered Nurse who conducts
a weekly allergy clinic for a local doc-
tor. She also finds time for volunteer
work, and takes one course a year at
UWO towards her sociology degree.
Donna does not consider herself
unique; she knows many women
doing as much.
"Farming has to be a partnership.
However you split up the duties —
whether the wife is in the barn or the
field, doing the book work or in the
house caring for the children, running
for machinery or other errands or
working off -farm — the total package
is a partnership," Lunn says.
She anticipates the OFWN study
will be one factor in changing
ingrained patriarchal attitudes, and
will lead to remedial action. Referring
to the former, Lunn cites the ubiqui-
tous "John Doe and Sons" on farm
mailboxes, laughingly adding that the
wife likely did the leuering.
Change is coming. The 1991 cen-
sus form provides room to list more
than one operator per farm, thanks to
OFWN lobbying. Another hopeful
sign is the increasing number of young
women with degrees in agriculture,
and the appointment of female ag reps.
"Breaking Barriers" has already
had an impact provincially and
federally.
OMAF minister Elmer Buchanan
has requested the names of qualified
women willing to serve on boards
deciding agricultural policies.
Agriculture Canada has asked for
the methodology and findings of the
report, so that the Ontario study can be
duplicated in the other nine
provinces.0