The Rural Voice, 1993-11, Page 3R.V.
Editor: Keith Roulston
editorial advisory committee:
Bev Hill, farmer, Huron County
John Heard, soils and crop extension
and research, northwestern Ontario
Neil McCutcheon, farmer, Grey Cty.
Diane O'Shea, farmer, Middlesex Cty.
George Penfold, associate professor,
University of Guelph
Gerald Poechman, farmer, Bruce Cty.
contributing writers:
Adrian Vos, Gisele Ireland, Cathy
Laird, Wayne Kelly, Sarah Borowski,
Mary Lou Weiser -Hamilton, June
Flath, Ian Wylie-Toal, Susan Glover,
Bob Reid, Mervyn Erb, Darene
Yavorsky, Peter Baltensperger, Sandra
On-, Yvonne Reynolds, Carl L. Bedal
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advertising representative:
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production co-ordinator:
Tracey Rising
advertising & editorial production:
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Behind the Scenes
Improving the view
When company's coming, you
want to look your best. So when a
county is preparing to host the
International Plowing Match it
usually holds a beautification contest
as an incentive to local farm, home
and business owners to spruce up
their property.
Bruce County, already one of the
most beautiful areas in the province,
took no chances and sponsored a
beautification contest for the 1993
IPM. Corinne Robertson -Brown
visited some of the winners and
talked to them about what they did to
catch the attention of the judges (not
to mention the thousands of visitors
who attended the Match).
Behind the beauty of our country-
side there hides an uglier side on
some farms. With a decade of
economic pressure, a year of crop
failure last year, stress on the farm
has been overwhelming. In some
cases, that stress has been taken out
by men on their wives. As Arlene
Timmins, Executive Director of
Phoenix Second Stage Housing for
Women tells Corinne Robertson -
Brown, "The farmer doesn't hit the
bank manager. Instead he comes
home and hits his wife." November is
Wife Abuse Prevention Month and
our article tells, not only about the
dangers to farm women, but the
alternatives for women who need
help.
In the 1990s, marketing is the
name of the game for farm products
but few people have a more
imaginative marketing strategy than
Barry and Karen Mahon of Hilton
Farms in Perth County, near Staffa.
The couple grows hull -less oats, mills
the oats on their own farm, and ships
it by mail, to customers across
Canada who care about a quality,
healthy food. We talked to them this
month to learn how this unique
marketing strategy came about.
In the Rural Living section,
architect John Rutledge continues his
thoughts on how to keep the character
of your period farm house. This time
he goes inside the house with advice
on everything from windows to
woodwork.
And Bonnie Gropp's recipes look
at vegetables that you can store
through the fall and winter.0 —KR
Looking ahead
Thoughts of the future
There's too often a sense of hopelessness in the country, a sense that our lives
are governed by forces beyond our control. But those of us in rural areas also
have opportunities to improve our lives and our communities that aren't open to
people in larger centres.
There are people who do a lot of thinking about the future and the alternatives
for rural people. We'd like to hear your ideas on how we can turn around our
rural economy and improve the rural lifestyle.
With that in mind we're sponsoring an essay contest for our January issue on
the topic: Towards 2000: Building a better life in rural Ontario.
Prizes are $100 for first, $75 for second and $50 for third. Essays should be
500 to 1500 words in length. Deadline for entry is November 19. Entries will be
judged on originality of the ideas expressed rather than writing style or skills.
We've had several nominations of people who are making a difference in
shaping agriculture in western Ontario for the future, a feature for our February
issue. There are hundreds of people out there who are making life better in their
community, or for all of us involved in agriculture. If you know someone who is
making an outstanding contribution through their work in the agricultural
community, in farm organizations, or just in leading through innovation on his or
her own farm, please let us know. We'll be looking for 10 men and 10 women
involved in agriculture who are helping make a difference. We need to have the
names by December 1.0