The Huron Expositor, 1994-10-26, Page 3Agriculture
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Octob.r 26, 1994- 3
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TIM CUMMING PHOTO
LONE COMBINE - A combine leaves a cloud behind it as it takes east of Seaforth. Without volunteer labour it would be impossible
in the harvest of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank growing facility to carry on a project of this size, say committee members.
Community unites to help starving
BY TIM CUMMING
Expositor Editor
Imagine for a minute That a com-
munity could pull together for one
common goal, like it never had
before. Close your eyes and pretend
that rural people and urban people
joined together to help people on a
far-off continent. Can you picture
it?
Keep your eyes closed. Imagine
that churches of many denomina-
tions banded together in one unified
campaign. Pretend for a moment
that churchgoers and non -church-
goers alike worked side-by-side to
feed the hungry of the third world.
No peeking, keep those eyes shut.
Imagine about sixteen combines
in a row...one after another, helping
to harvest 110 acres of soy beans to
feed the starving. O.K., now open
your eyes.
Do you think it sounds like a
dream? Not at all. All thesethings
came true on a farm east of
Seaforth on Oct. 14.
Of course, this is no ordinary
farm. This is the 114 -acre growing
project of the Canadian Foodgrains
Bank...and it just happens to be the
largest one in Ontario.
Like an agricultural invasion,
almost every combine in the
immediate area descended upon the
growing project to take off the
harvest. These hundreds of thou-
sands of dollars worth of machinery
were soon followed by no -till drills.
The growing project was one of
the last crops in the area to come
off so farmers would be able to
attend to their own crops. The day
was blessed with unseasonably
warm weather very late in the sea-
son. All in all, about 50 farm
people gave up time on the sunny
Friday afternoon to bring in the
beans. It was the best turnout yet
for the harvesting.
"If we tried to do it a week
before it wouldn't have gone near
as well," said Steve Carruthers,
project chairperson. He described
the harvest as a "picture of a com-
munity in action."
In Tess than four hours, the soy
beans were harvested and next
year's crop of winter wheat was
planted.
The mammoth display of neigh-
bourliness fascinated a video crew
from Illinois, which videotaped the
harvesting for viewing at farm
equipment dealerships across North
America.
Perhaps equally impressed was
Debbie Ferguson, an agricultural
exchange participant from New
Zealand who was staying at Ken
and Marina Scott's farm at RR 2
Seaforth.
"All of a sudden there were com-
bines everywhere!" she recalls. "I
think it's really amazing for a com-
munity to pull together on some-
thing like that."
Ferguson noted that in a time
when people often keep to them-
selves it's nice to see people uniting
for a cause like the Foodgrains
Bank harvest.
The committee behind the local
project stress that it's volunteers
who make it possible to fulfil the
mission of the Foodgrains Bank.
Fuel for the farm equipment was
supplied by an area dealer. Inputs
donated by farm suppliers exceeded
$5,000. The value of farm services
donated to the project exceeded
$8,000.
The volunteers mai' be helping
the worthwhile protects of the
Foodgrains Bank...but they also
enjoy a chance to join in a com-
munity effort.
"Everybody enjoys pitching in,"
said Jim Murray, a member of the
growing project committee. "if we
can kcep that spirit going we can
keep this project going."
The manager of Seaforth Co-op
grain receiving, Reiny Freitcr,
called the local project 'people
helping people.'
"You get a lot of neighbours
working together for the same end
effect," he said. "I think it's a great
project the Poodgrains Bask is
doing."
Support for the Foodgrains Bank
extends beyond just the rural com-
munity. Although the Foodgrains
TIM CUMMING PHOTO
MEDIA RECORDS WORK OF FOODGRAINS BANK - Television crews from a local television station
and from Illinois recorded the harvesting of the Foodgrains Bank growing project east of Seaforth last
Friday.
PHOTO COURTESY REINY FRFIFER
LINE OF COMBINES - The linq of co ines for harvesting of the Seaforth-area growing project were
impressive to spectators.`The giowiri� rdjetf IS Ontario's biggest for the Foodgrains Bank.
suamrrrED PHOTO
HARVEST TIME - Combines go to work at the site of the Seaforth-area growing project for the Canadian
Foodgrains Bank. Volunteer labour by local farmers made the harvesting of the crop possible.
Bank doesn't actively canvass for
donations, area churches have
raised more than $7,600 this year
for the Foodgrains project.
Some donors followed pledge
sheets which showed that their
donation might be enough to fund
the grain for an acre.
Cash donations from area people
and donations of time and supplies
from people in farming are com-
pounded in the value of the
crop...about $25,000. The Canadian
International Development Agency
then turns around and matches each
of those dollars four to one!
"We take the cash donations the
churches are collecting and increase
the value of our donations through
the volunteer work," said
Carruthers.
The committee behind the
Seaforth-area growing project
praises the Canadian Foodgrains
Bank as a charity where the food
gets to the people who need it. (The
Foodgrains Bank makes use of
churches with established aid
experience, not to governments).
For the past three years area people
have paid their own way on African
study tours to see the end result of
the Foodgrains Bank donations at
work.
Monkton-area farmer John
Tollenaar said, upon his return front
the study tour, that "I got a good
taste of what our donations arc
doing and 1 was thoroughly
impressed."
Members of the local committee
also praise the organization for it*
low administration costs (less than
three per cent). The charitable
organization, which is supported b)
many church partners, has food -for -
work and refugee relief projects.
"Everybody is affected by the
hunger 1>f tltt Orli -W1t tl yon !UIPi
the TV on you realize it's happen•
ing out there," says Jim Murray.
"We can be a small part of,helping
people in need."
The beans which were harvested
on Oct. 14 were transferred to the
Canadian Foodgrains Bank storage
account locally. The beans will be
exchanged for foods which are
suitable for Third World countries,
such as corn or wheat.
The Seaforth-area growing project
practises crop rotation. Last season,
the project grew corn.
Videos of the charity's work in
action are available from the
Foodgrains Bank by contacting Jim
Papple at 522-0699.
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NOTICE OF
POLL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE
MUNICIPAL ELECTORS OF THE
TOWN OF SEAFORTH
that whereas more candidates have been nominated
to the following office than the number required to
fill such office, therefore polls will be held upon the
dates and the times and places stated in this notice
for the purpose of electing the holder of such office.
OFFICE FOR WHICH POLL TO BE HELD
*COUNCILLOR (1 to be elected)
ADVANCE POLLS:
DATE: Saturday November 5, 1994 and
Wednesday, November 9, 1994
LOCATION: Seaforth Town Hall
72 Main Street South, Seaforth
TIME: Advance polls will be open from
10 o'clock a.m. until 8 o'clock p.m.
REGULAR POLLS:
DATE: Monday, November 14, 1994
TIME: Regular polls will be open from
10 o'clock a.m. until 8 o'clock p.m.
LOCATION: Northside United Church
46 Goderich Street West, Seaforth
(Side entrance off Church Street)
PROXY APPLICATIONS:
A person who has been appointed a voting proxy
shall complete an application in the prescribed form
and shall appear before the clerk in person for this
purpose at the clerk's office during normal working
hours or during the period from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
on the Saturday of the advance poll. The last day
for making application is November 14, 1994.
Given under my hand this 26th day o f-__
October, 1994.
James Crocker,
Returning Officer