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46 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
THE OFA DROPS
A DIVISIVE ISSUE
The Ontario Pork Producers Mar-
keting Board (OPPMB) will have one
less issue to debate at its annual meeting
in Toronto on March 16 and 17.
On February 17, the Ontario Federa-
tion of Agriculture's board of directors
voted to have pork withdrawn from the
controversial Grenville Resolution.
Named after its originating county,
the Grenville Resolution was passed at
the OFA's 1986 convention and reaf-
firmed at its 1987 annual. It called for
the OFA to organize a referendum with
commodity groups and the province on
marketing methods for red meats on an
individual commodity basis.
Before the latest announcement, hog
farmers were once again debating the
issue at regional meetings leading up to
the OPPMB annual, and had threatened
to withhold funding from the OFA.
The decision taken by the OFA
board of directors "should reassure pork
producers that the Grenville Resolution
will no longer be pursued as it relates to
pork, and that their membership in the
federation is highly valued," the OFA
said in a press release.0
SIX NAMED TO
HALL OF FAME
A Dublin woman who was active in
public service and the Federated
Women's Institutes is one of six Ontari-
ans to be inducted into the Agricultural
Hall of Fame this year.
Helen Mae McKercher, 1911-1984,
a leader in the areas of food, nutrition,
and education, is joined by:
Duncan Bull of Brampton, 1878-
1950, a renowned breeder of Jersey
cattle,
Charles Drury of Crown Hill, 1844-
1905, named first Minister of Agricul-
ture for Ontario in 1888,
Joseph Fleury Jr. of King City,
1832-1880, who founded the Aurora
Agricultural Works,
Dorothy Futcher of St. Thomas,
1898-1984, a noted Women's Institute
member, and
Gerald Ruhnke of Turnerville,
1898-1957, a conservationist, teacher,
and leader in soil science research.0