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30 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
STUDENTS LOOK
AT FARM CRISIS
Students at Central Huron Secon-
dary School in Clinton who listened to a
panel discussion about the farm finan-
cial crisis last month would probably
agree that solutions don't come easy.
They heard government programs
attacked — and praised. They learned
about debt review, about proposals such
as supply management, about problems
with "credit" and "equity," and about
ecologically balanced farming as an al-
ternative to industrial agriculture.
The five -member panel included
Brian Ireland, past president of the
Bruce County Federation of Agriculture
and a farm financial consultant, Brenda
McIntosh, a member of the Farm Debt
Review Board, Paul Klopp, president of
the Huron Federation, Tony McQuail,
former president of the Huron federa-
tion and director of the Ecological
Farmers' Association of Ontario, and
Brian Hall, a farm management special-
ist with the OMAF office in Clinton.
The event, organized by Clinton
teacher Jim Barnes with the help of the
Huron federation, was part of an inde-
pendent study project for a class of
English students.
Brian Ireland began with a graphic
illustration of just one of the problems
facing the farm community. He asked
how many in the audience came from
farms, and was answered by a scattering
of hands. When the students were asked
how many planned to farm, the hands
numbered perhaps a half dozen. When
asked how many of their parents go to
farm meetings, none of the students
raised a hand.
"It is very, very difficult to get the
farm community together," Ireland
remarked, adding that one of the great-
est strengths of farmers is also their
greatest weakness: individualism.
He also pointed to another problem.
"Cannibalism" is all too common in the
community, he said, noting that some-
times when a farmer finds himself in
trouble, other farmers are waiting for
him to get out so they can buy the farrn
cheaply and take over the production.
Because of cannibalism, Ireland
said, the government has been able to
(cont'd)