The Rural Voice, 1999-08, Page 47News
Missouri economist,
sociologist to speak
on rural life
Agriculture is an extremely
profitable business — if you're not a
farmer, says the Catholic Rural Life
Conference (CLRC) which is bring-
ing William and Judy Heffernan to a
series of meetings in Bruce, Huron
and Lambton counties in August.
Catholic Rural Life's chairman
Tony Beernink, who first brought Dr.
Heffernan to the attention of his and
other farm groups last November at
the CRLC Conference, arranged for
the eminent sociologist and
economist from the University of
Missouri at Columbia to return to
Ontario, along with his wife Judy.
The husband and wife team, each of
vv hom is respected for their academic
and practical work in defending the
family farm, will speak about the
issue of the inequity of a situation
that sees farmers with return on
equity of three per cent while
corporations like General Mills have
a return on equity of 222 per cent and
Quaker Oats, 165 per cent.
The Bruce and Grey County Fed-
erations of Agriculture will host the
'couple at a meeting in Hanover on
Monday, August 23 at the Knights of
Columbus Hall (Highway 4 west
between Hanover and Walkerton) at
7:30 p.m. See the Grey County Fed-
eration newsletter for more details.
The Ecumenical Rural Life
Committee, a group of clergy and
laypeople from the Anglican, United,
Catholic and Presbyterian churches
concerned about rural communities
and farmers, have organized a day-
long event at the South Huron
Recreational Centre (Exeter Arena)
in Exeter on August 24.
During the afternoon, from 2:00 to
4:30 p.m., the Heffernans will
present a session aimed at clergy,
pastoral teams and members of
church congregations called "A
Passion for Rural Ministry".
The Heffernans believe traditional
rural institutions such as churches
can become focal points for
connecting farmers and consumers
• and developing equitable alternatives
to the current food system. Their
expertise with alternative systems has
encouraged churches to become
involved in the session.
The evening session, entitled "A
Different Road: Developing Rural
Community as if People and the
Environment Mattered" is open to
everyone beginning at 7:00 p.m.
There is no charge for either event.
The Lambton County Federation
of Agriculture will host the final
event on Wednesday, August 25 at
6:00 p.m. at Wyoming Fairgrounds
with a banquet at 6:00 p.m. with Dr.
Heffernan as.guest speaker.
The Heffernans have been active
describing the ongoing concentration
of power within the food industry
and the implications for rural
communities, urban consumers and
national governments around the
world; examining means through
which the negative consequences of
the economic crisis in agriculture and
rural America can be lessened for
families and communities and
describing the role institutions,
including churches, can play in the
changes impacting rural areas.°
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