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Gates Open: Noon on Frida.
8 a.m. Sat. & Sun.
Featuring: Allis Chalmers Tractors
Entertainment Days & Eeninjs
Working Exhibits Daily
• Grain Threshing • Sawmill • Log Sawing
• Rope Making • Shingle Making
• Horse Power • Baker Fan • Crafts
• Gas Tractors • Gas Engines
• Antique Car & Truck Show
• Flea Market • Craft Show
• Blacksmithing Demonstration
Parades
Saturday & Sunday 4:00 p.m.
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Fun for the Kids
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Church Service
10:00 a.m. Sunday
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Phone (519) 371-0928 Fax (519) 371-3801
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Feedback
In defence of
biotechnology
I am responding to Keith
Roulston's July criticisms of Bt
technology and the OCPA position
related thereto:
An acre of Bt corn is no more
likely to trigger development of
genetic resistance in European corn
borer (ECB) populations than an acre
of corn sprayed with the organic Bt
pesticide, Dipel. Both are present at
critical times for larvae development.
Those using the biotech Bt are
directed to plant 20 per cent
untreated corn in an attempt to
minimize risk of resistance
developing. No such strategy seems
to exist with the organic version.
The suggestion that the vast
majority of farmers using so-called
conventional technology (if
biotechnology can be called
conventional) should control pollen
drift for the one per cent who are
organic seems elitist, especially
considering that the organic produce
is generally destined for more
affluent consumers who can pay
higher prices. Organic farmers do not
certify that their produce is free of
other contaminants such as coliform
bacteria, natural toxins and
pesticides; the certification process
involves method of production, not
product guarantees. Why the uproar
about the small potential for crossing
with pollen from Bt corn —
especially since the organic grower
may be using Bt insecticide anyway?
Standard practices now exist for
managing pollen drift. Seed corn
growers have their own border rows
requirements. Farmers growing corn
this summer for the NACAN starch
plant at Collingwood for British