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AMEE Mr Bo ia in mn a 1 Farmers Market theme of Agri-Food = 8 § k October 1 Is the start of Agri-Food Week in Ontario and this year the theme Is the farmers market, the ideal place to purchase home grown and freshly picked produce, like the beets and carrots shown above by Bill Clement, of Nestle- ton. 27 In photo above are Glenn Baxter (right) of Baxter Farms Lindsay, with his daughter Ann and Mark Jansen who helps him out each Saturday at the Fairgrounds Farmers Market. There are close to 100 farmers markets in Ontario, and Agri Week salutes them for providing consumers with fresh pro- duce. rE PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, September 25, 1990 -- 3) if you're looking for apples, Larry Fagel has them by the bushel or the bag. These Macs were grown at Windyridge Orchards on Scugog Island. Week on The colourful Indian corn is always a favourite at this time of year. Pat Smith of Port Perry show off some he was selling at the Fair- grounds Market last Satur- y. Public Speaking contest Come and display your public speaking skills at the 1990 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair public speaking contest. Your vision of an environmentally sustainable agriculture, the farmer of the '90's or the marketing of Ontario's agricultural products are three topics you can speak about. Sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Farm Credit Corporation, contestants aged 17 to 24 are in- vited to participate. Speakers must present a speech five to seven minutes long, in English or French, on one of the topics men- tioned above. Speakers will go through preliminary rounds on Sat. Nov. 17, 1990, from 9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. in the Trophy Room, upper level, east annex, Coliseum, at Exhibi- tion Place in Toronto. The finals are at 7:00 p.m. the same day on the Ministry of Agriculture and Food stage, in the lower level of. the east annex in the Coliseum. The first prize is $300 plus an event-filled day at the ministry; second prize is $150; and third prize is $50. Cash prizes are awarded by the Farm Credit Corporation. To register, contact: Ted Young, Farm Credit Corporation, Suite 201, 450 Speedvale Ave. W., Guelph, Ontario N1H 7G7, (519) 821-1330. Registration must be postmarked by Oct. 12, 1990. "7 PREVIEW N(R [eo [2)] Pontiac - Buick - GMC Trucks PHILP PONTIAG - BUICK LIMITED 10 VANEDWARD DRIVE, PORT PERRY 985-8474