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The Rural Voice, 1993-11, Page 48GREY County Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER ' The Rural Voice is provided to all Grey County Farmers by the GCFA. 44610th St., Hanover, Ontario N4N 1 P9 519-364-3050 The election is now over. Did your party win? Did you even vote? If you did not vote, was it because you didn't have anyone you liked on your ballot? Perhaps you need to start now to have a party you can support on the ballot next time. According to the Owen Sound Sun Times, in early September, the Federal Minister, Charles Mayer, announced a farmer aid plan for helping low income Canadian farmers find work off the farm. This idea was not well received by the farming community in general. Perhaps it would be worth the time for low income farmers to take a second look at this plan. After reading the press release from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food it would appear to be a plan for education only, to help people to remain on the farm. The eligibility should be discussed with your local OMAF office, when and if this program goes into effect. "Choices" is another program for farm families in financial difficulty. The purpose of this program is to provide assistance for farmers in financial difficulty to hire a financial management consultant, lawyer, chartered accountant or health professional to assist with developing alternate courses of action for farm operation; negotiation with creditors, stress counselling; or preparing a follow-up business plan. It is important to contact your local OMAF office for full details, on purpose, eligibility and how to apply. NORMANBY TOWNSHIP FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE ANNUAL MEETING Friday, November 19, 1993 44 THE RURAL VOICE Looking at rural alternatives Have you heard of "LETS", Local Trading System which is a community currency. The units of currency are called "green dollars". LETS was invented by Michael Linton, in Courtenay, B.C. in 1983. There are now over 100 LETS systems active in communities all around the world. It has come to Saugeen Country by way of some very energetic volunteers. Green dollars measure the value that people place on the goods and services they want to trade, just like normal Canadian money. You create green dollars by spending, but you cannot lose or steal them, for it is your personal money. A Community currency is a personal money system that stays in the community. It cannot go away to hire cheaper labour (Mexico) or to chase higher interest rates, so it keeps the local economy going. A LETS system consists of an accounting system to record transactions and a listing service for account holders to advertise what they need and what they have to offer. For more details on the Saugeen Trading community, you can call any one of the core group members: Lillian Burgess at 363- 5182; Pat Carson at 363-5394; Mike Dyer at 369-2908; Monica Graf at 369-3488; Angus Inksetter at 364- 3331 or Jerrine Verkaik at 363-5785. If you receive more than one copy of The Rural Voice each month or the Farm and Country newspaper coming to your home, please remove EGREMONT TOWNSHIP FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE ANNUAL MEETING Tuesday, November 2, 1993 the labels and mail them to the Grey County Federation of Agriculture office in Hanover, 446 -10th Street, Hanover, N4N 1P9. We will cancel the magazine or paper for you as there is no need to waste unwanted papers or magazines. If you just toss your copies away after you have finished readng them, perhaps you might consider passing it along to someone else in the town or city. This is a great way to let different people know what is gong on in the agriculture industry. Plus the temporary saving at the landfill site. The Grey -Bruce Market Committee have scheduled a conference at the Bayshore Community Centre, on February 14 and 15. Watch the papers for more details. Today's successful farming industry knows that you cannot limit your thinking to your own boundaries.0 Submitted by Shirley Veen Executive Director BENTINCK TOWNSHIP FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE ANNUAL MEETING Friday, November 5, 1993 Pot luck supper and guest speaker GCFA Directors' Meeting Thursday, November 18. 1993 OMAF Boardroom, Markdale 8:00 p.m. Members are welcome to attend Delegates to OFA Convention are Invited to attend the meeting.