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groups where people can share their
problems.
Also in the early planning stages
are a series of workshops probably to
be held in January to March. The
format of the sessions isn't set but
she wants to create discussion and get
people thinking.
Johnson, a farmer herself who was
raised in Hullett Township and now
operates a cow -calf and commercial
beef operation with her husband and
raises and trains quarter horses in
Goderich Township, sees no quick
end to the current stress on the farm.
"Unless a lot of things change,
traditional agricultural methods are
not bringing enough of a return." In a
way, she says, it's too bad that
farmers are so emotionally involved
in their work. While other business
people will abandon something that's
unprofitable, farmers want to cling to
their farm as long as possible, and
because they have that kind of
commitment, the rest of society
doesn't really have to reward them
well because they know farmers will
do anything, including working off
the farm, to keep their farm going.
There is a good deal of pessimism
among farmers about many things
they can't control but when it comes
to farming itself, farmers remain very
optimistic. It takes a special kind of
personality to want to farm, she says,
and people with that kind of
personality will always want to keep
trying to farm as long as they can.
What the three programs are trying
to do is help farmers deal with the
stress involved in trying tokeep
farming.°
For more information:
BRUCE COUNTY —
GREY COUNTY —
Rural Connections 11, Grey and
Bruce County Federations of
Agriculture, 446 10th St., Hanover,
ON N4N 1P9 Sue Schlorff co-
ordinator, 364-7294
HURON COUNTY —
Rural Connections, Canadian Mental
Health Association, Bonnie Johnson,
co-ordinator, 8 Huron St., (P.O. Box
1018) Clinton NOM 1L0 Phone 482-
9311
PERTH COUNTY —
Neighbours Being Neighbours,
Marsha Eberhardt, co-ordinator, 145
Ontario St., Stratford N5A 3H1,
phone 273-1391
For counselling, call Stratford Family
Counselling, 273-1020