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Food is our comfort
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Oh yes, food. We grow it well and food is our comfort
at all our social gatherings, whether it be garden parties,
strawberry socials, fowl suppers, pancake breakfasts,
potluck dinners, wedding receptions, or funeral lun-
cheons. The people behind all the preparation are your
relatives, neighbours and friends.
If a neighbor's barn burns down, the surrounding com-
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donations and generous hearts.
In order for rural communities to face the new mille-
nium, we have to be behind them 100%. That means
shopping locally. Findings from the Huron County
Agricultural Economic Impact Study revealed that "agri-
culture and ag-related industr- ies/businesses account for
more than 40% of the jobs in Huron County. Agriculture
and ag-related industries/businesses reported total sales
of almost 2.4 billion dollars a year."
I have come to recognize the other benefits of shop-
ping locally. You can talk to merchants on a first name
basis, you are dealing with familiar faces and the service
is usually genuine. These stores give back to their com-
munity by supporting local initiatives.
You can tell by driving through small towns and vil-
lages that the people living there are proud of their sur-
roundings. Local horticultural societies spruce up side-
walks with flower boxes; entrances to towns greet you
with friendly welcome signs.
By reading my local township history book, I am get-
ting a flavor for the people who came before me. who
laid down the names and places that make up this area.
Today only names on municipal address signs reveal that
there once was a hamlet where a concession and sideroad
meet.
The people and buildings are gone, but the roads are
still there. We travel them every day, seeing changes as
we drive into town - a new shed being built, a stork on a
front lawn indicating the arrival of a new member of this
rural community, continuing the life that we all call
home.
(Jayne farms with her husband, Ben, in Ashfield
Township, Huron County They have three children, Manu
Gwen, Elisabeth and Anna.)
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