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Times-Advnc411=-Q1►e 20,1991
bne loot in the
A recent column printed in late
September brought the vegetarians
out in full force.
Several letters were forwarded
from newspapers across the prov-
ince and most of them; I'm sure,
were penned by strict vegetarians.
God bless 'em, I sometimes wish I
could stick to a decent diet, too. I
have nothing but admiration for
those who can diet and even more
respect for those who can stick to a
vegetarian diet.
That takes much more discipline
than I am able to muster. When eve-
ryone around you is ordering a ham-
burger or the colonel's chicken it is
difficult to remain a vegetarian. Our
second daughter has been a vegetar-
ian for 20 years. Both her children
are strict vegetarians as well, al-
though she says they can make up
their own minds about vegetarian-
ism when they are old enough to de-
cide.,
Because both the kids have al-
ways been vegetarians, 1 do not
think they will change. Even now,
the four-year-old chastizes me of -
n":)0 you know you're eating dead
cow? says Izaak when I have a
put to think of spending the rest
of 'my life not savoring the great of
eating roast beef, gravy and York -
OFA
convention
targets
strategy
MISSISSAUGA - Over 400 On -
talo farmers will be attending the
1991 Ontario Federation of Agri -
(OFA) convention being
he NoVmtpr, and 27 at
thel.� Debit- 4 6*valt -' hotel °yin
Mississauga.
"This year's convention is going
to present us with a springboard
from the emergency solutions, de-
spair, frustration caused by bad ec-
onomic conditions and uncertainty
in many sectors, towards the devel-
opment of longer term policies that
will lead our industry, back into
profitability and get us into protec-
tive mode," says Roger George,
President of the OFA.
The theme for this year's conven-
tion is "Farming... the consuming
issue" and highlights include a pan-
el discussion involving Hon. Eu-
gene Whalen and Joan Huzar and
Ruth Jackson of the Consumers
Association on the issue of food at
the expense of farmers.
Guest speakers to the convention
include the Hon. Jean Chretien fed-
eral leader of the official opposi-
tion and Hon. Elmer Buchanan pro-
vincial minister of agriculture. In
addition, an Ontario cabinet minis-
ters' panel will see provincial min-
isters of energy, environment, la-
bour, natural resources, agriculture
and revenue, lead by Deputy Pre-
mier and Treasurer Floyd Laughren
take part in an open exchange with
the delegates on the Monday night.
A farm leaders' open forum on
Tuesday consisting of Ontario com-
modity leaders in horticulture, red
meat, grains and oilseeds, supply
management and OFA will focus
on the future of the industry and the
need for government commitment
to ensure an national domestic food
supply; and a concluding workshop
on Wednesday will address the
need for farmers to break the third
line of defence mentality.
"I'm expecting the convention
will see farmers vent their frustra-
tions, concerns and anger at the pit-
iful economic state of our industry
and then give them the opportunity
to develop strategies for future poli-
cy formation that will lead toward a
national food security plan that will
embrace the basic concepts of farm
profitability and a healthy Ontario
economy," said George.
The 1991 OFA convention "is fo-
cussed on the issues of today,"
George said, "and we intend to
have the delegates leave with the
sure knowledge that the farm fami-
ly lobby is alive, well focused and
that everyone has a role to play in'
1992.:"
The Ontario Federation of Agri-
culture is Canada's largest volun-
tary general farm organization rep-
resenting 20,000 Ontario farm
families and 29 commodity boards
and marketing agencies.
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shire pudding is beyond my will
power.
A most thoughtful letter from
L.A. Hughes in Stratford expressed
the vegetarian point of view very
well.
"Farmers may well have to turn
to crop production directly for hu-
man consumption rather than the
wasteful, inefficient raising of live-
stock. Farmers across the country
may indeed have a lot to worry
about. Not just the lack of govern-
ment support, not just the activities
of people who care about animal
rights, but also the worldwide
growing consciousness that vege-
tarianism is one big step towards a
more peaceful world, a greater un-
derstanding of all life, a heighten-
ing of spirituality and a huge contri-
bution to universal love," wrote
Hughes.
I am impressed by the letter. The
sentiments expressed are great.
However, the fact still remains
that mother nature is a pretty harsh
teacher. With a few exceptions, all
animals are killers. To survive, they
kill other animals and man, albeit
human, is also an animal.
In their wild state, the pigs, the
cattle, even the chickens and tur-
keys, kill to survive. I have never
been a hunter. I hate guns. Hunters
kill for the pleasure of killing, not
to survive and that has never
seemed to me to be the right thing
to do. That, however, is just my
opinion. I am not suggesting that
all hunters are killers.
I can understand the position tak-
en by vegetarians although I do not
think I will ever become one. We
have probably cut down on our
meat consumption simply because
the grandchildren eat at our place
often and we cook for them rather
than ourselves.
In addition, we are both becom-
ing much more aware of the choles-
terol count in our blood. When you
hit the big 60 and beyond, you are
sticking your head in the sand if
you don't watch eating habits
closely We have been told by the
medical men and women' to be
careful;.
So, hang in there, vegetarians! I
do appreciate your point of view
but I do not think I'll join you. Not
yet, anyway.
First interim
GRIP payment
on its way
TORONTO - Cheques for the
fust interim payment of
30,000 Ontario grain and
oilseed producers under
the Market Revenue Insu-
rance program are now be-
ing prepared, the Ministry
of Agriculture and Food
has announced. The pro -
gam is part of GRIP, the
Gross Revenue Insurance
Program.
It is expected the mail-
ing of the cheques will be-
gin by mid-November, the
ministry's crop insurance
and stabilization branch
says.
Ontario producer premiums
were due and payable on No-
vember 1. Premium cheques
were deposited on that date.
Interim payments are as fol-
lows: Canola: $34.61 per tonne
($0.016 per Ib.); Corn: $9.85
per tonne ($0.250 per bushel);
Soybeans: $29.38 per tonne
($0.800 per bushel); Spring
grains: $8.67 per tonne ($0.004
per lb.); Spring wheat: $23.69
per tonne (0.645 per bushel);
Winter wheat: $30.77 per tonne
($0.837 per bushel).
This represents 35 percent of
the anticipated total payments
for corn, soybeans, spring
grains and winter wheat, and 50
percent for canola and spring
wheat.
Grain bugs chill out
WINNIPEG - Technology that
keeps snow on the ski slopes during
winter is puuing a freeze on pest
problems on the Prairies. A leading
industrial biotechnology company
and Agriculture Canada scientists
Keeping it
cool, the old
fashioned
way
QUEBEC - Agriculture Canada
scientists are looking to the past for
ways to keep the Canadian winter
on ice. They're exploring the com-
mercial use of several natural cool-
ing systems. One method involves
cooling a storage facility with
snow, insulated using sawdust.
While certainly not r.ew, the tech-
nique has fallen into disuse with
the advent of refrigeration technol-
ogy.
are studying the use of the ice -
making bacteria to control insect
pests in stored grain. The naturally
occurring bacteria causes ice crys-
tals to form at higher temperatures,
freezing out the bugs faster.
THANK
YOU
I would like to say thank
you to everyone who sup-
ported & assisted me dur-
ing my campaign. My best
wishes to the new council
in Stanley Township.
Richard Erb
"».r ...rel,
Township of Stephen
Thank you to all the voters for your support. Your vote was
appreciated, I look forward to serving you as Deputy Reeve
to the best of my ability.
William (Bill) Weber
Euler 23S-1115 ira
Blyth 343-4444
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