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Agriculture
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Dairy donation
Sandra D'Aoust, centre, manager of the Salvation Army Thrift
Store in Goderich, was presented with a cheque for $1.000
from Art Versteeg representing the Huron Dairy Producers -
and 88 kg of milk powder from Janet Boot representing Gay
Lea Foods last week. The money and milk powder will be
distributed to food banks throughout Huron County.
Dairy producers
donate milk, $1,000
By Amy Zoethout
selling more than 8,000
ice cream cones and milk,
the committee decided to
give the proceeds back to
the community. •
"We wanted to share (the
money) with people who
have less," said Versteeg.
"We wanted to give
something back:"
The farmer run co-op
Gay Lea Foods became
involved after the'dairy
producers issued a
challenge . forthe group to
match their donation. Gay
Lea donated 88 kg of milk
powder which equals
about 900-L of milk.
"We rose up and met the
challenge." Janet Boot. the
Gay Lea Foods urea.
delegate. Boot noted that
milk producers from
across Ontario are regular
donors to the province's
food. banks.
Goderich Signal -Star Staff
Huron continues to shine
in 2000 after money and
milk was donated to Huron
foodbanks last week.
The • Huron • Dairy
Producers. and. Gay Lea
Foods donated $1.000 and
88 kg of milk powder to
the Salvation Army last
Thursday. March 23. The
money and milk powder
will be divided amongst
Huron food banks. .
The dairy producers
raised the money from
selling ice cream and milk
at last . September's
_International Plowing
Match held near
' Dashwood. .
"Itwasn't our intention
to make money," said Art
Versteeg. pastchair of the
Huron Dairy Producers
Committee. But : after
Survey to help farmers' health
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
Another farm health sure.
similar to the one that began
the Farm Hiker Tour. is tieing
conducted in Huron County
and .could lead to more
newprograms by the Huron
County Health Unit and Huron
Federation of Agriculture.
Tricia Wilkerson of the
health unit said,.a survey
similar to the .1992 version is
currently tieing filled out by
about 350 area farm families
to help identify the health
needs of local farmers.
Last time. a task force was
set up to address the issues
identified by the survey. such
as stress �n farriters and their
families.
The task force, consisting of
area farmers, farm
organizations and the health
unit,usedthe survey to
determine one of the causes of
stress for farmers came from
friction between them and
people outside of agriculture
who don't understand farming
practices. -
One of the ways the task.
force came up with to help
• address this was the Farm
Hiker Tour which operates like
an open house ata number of
area farms. Families can tour
the facilities and learn about
agricultural production.
"We want . to gather
information again and see
what's- changed:" said
Wilkerson:
The -survey asks a number of
specific questions and. last
time, helped identify other
concerns. such as -the long
hours and "worries about
New executive
at ag society
A new executive took- the
helm of the Seaforth
Agricultural Society at its
recent annual meeting:
Trte membership includes
Gord Glen. president: Lynda
Vincent. first vice president:
John Bennett. second vice
president; Pat DeJong. third
vice. president; Jim Floyd.
past president: and Sharon
Flanagan. secretary treasurer.
Directors include: Ken
DeCorte, Paul Dodds. Marie
Hicknell; Ross Ribey; Lyle
Haney; Frank Nigh; Hank
Van Dieten; Winston Powell;
Joanne Flanagan; Betty
Glanville; Jeff Tremeer: Toms-.
Peckitt; Adrianne Boot and
• Sandra Hunt.
Becky Campbell
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"Stress was huge for them."
said Wilkerson of the first
survey's results.
Farm family workshops
were set up after the 1992
survey to help provide families
with professional help in
dealing with stress.
Wilkerson still expects to see
stress as a Targe health concern
among farmers. -
Surveys were sent out this
month and last to families
contacted by the health unit
and Wilkerson said responses
are already "trickling in."
With the growing season
about to begin, she doesn't
expect the health unit and
agriculture federation will HE
setting up its task force to
create the programs until after
the harvest this fall.
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