The Rural Voice, 1993-03, Page 6CHESLEY KINSMEN CLUB
presents GREY -BRUCE
AGRI FAIR '93
April 6 & 7
CHESLEY
COMMUNITY CENTRE
12 noon - 9:00 p.m.
Admission: Adults - $3.00
4.:?Children under 12 - $2.00
Family - $8.00
Over 100 display booths of agri business products and services.
Food and refreshments available. Proceeds to: Community Betterment
Centralia College Information Days
Environmental Farm Forum
Discuss current environmental issues affecting farmers in Ontario with
guest speakers.
"Society's Demands" - Russell Christianson, Toronto Food Policy
Council
"Tree Bylaws" - Marvin Smith, Ministry of Naturai Resources
"Environmental Liability" - Paul Vogel, Lawyer
"Wetlands or Farmland" - Galen Driver, Ducks Unlimited
"Pesticides" - Jeff Wilson, AGCare
"Farm Response" - Dr. Gord Surgeoner, Farm Coalition Working Group
Thursday, March 11, 10:a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $25 (includes lunch)
Tips, Techniques and Takeaways
for Peak Farm Performance
Making sound farm management decisions in an increasingly global market
Keynote speaker: Dr. David Kohl, Virginia Polytech
Also: "Competitiveness of Canadian Agriculture Industry"
- George Arnold, Royal Bank
and: "Ontario Challenges"
- Dr. George Brinkman, Chairman of Dept. of Agricultural
Economics, University of Guelph
Tuesday, March 30, 10:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $35 (includes lunch)
These information days are partially funded by the Ontario Agricultural
Training Institute and co-ordinated by Centralia College.
To register phone Centralia College, Continuing Education
228-6691, ext. 285
Please register in advance to reserve your spot!
CENTRALIA
COLLEGE Ontario Agncuhural Training Instnule
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Feedback
How would
this slip down?
How about a pint of oil for
breakfast? No — not with your
porridge — just the oil!
That's what the future diet of
Canadians could look like if the
Federal government has its way!
At a recent emergency meeting of
farmers in Lucknow Charlie Mayer,
Federal Agriculture Minister, said
there is no more money to help out
Ontario farmers after a devastating
season in 1992.
Sure money is tight in Ottawa
having to cough up all the interest on
the huge deficit to pay the big
bankers, but isn't it peculiar how the
government can scratch together a
few hundred million here and a few
hundred there when it comes to
helping out the big corporations?
Only a few weeks ago Ottawa
announced they are pumping another
$450 million into the Hibernia
Mega -oil project after already
donating $1 billion of Canadian
taxpayers' money and giving another
$2 million in loan guarantees. All in
the name of creating employment in
Newfoundland where U.S.
contractors have been bringing in
their own crews to work on the
project and don't see fit to train
unemployed fishermen.
Sure, farmers need oil for fuelling
their tractors and combines, but what
about if there is no seed to put in the
ground and no crop to harvest?
Cheers, Charlie, have a pint of
crude — no, not molasses, but
Hibernia crude. We prefer our
porridge!O
Yours truly,
Ziggy Kleinau
R.R. 4, Lion's Head, ON
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