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st weekender may 7 1994 p3 people phil anderson hopes to see stouffville grow bruce stapley correspondent phil anderson is hoping to engage in a partnership with consumers who want to enjoy organically grown vegetables while sharing the joys and risks of farming anderson is the local coordinator for community shared agricul ture csa an organization which aims to match up farmers of organically grown food crops with consumers who pay a set amount for their summer and fall supply of vegetables the idea which began in the united states first came to canada in 1992 there are currently 30 farm arrangements across the country with five serving the greater toronto area member farmers attempt to line up enough participants or shar ers to guarantee a market for their crops with an upfront payment of 225 for a share of the harvest each week during the growing sea son farmers deliver boxes of produce to a central point in a neigh bourhood with each box containing a variety of vegetables herbs and legumes sharers pick up their produce from this location and are welcome to visit the farm at any time anderson a retired music industry entrepreneur has had an inter est in organic farming since 1965 along with his wife diane he has operated a 100acre buckwheat soya bean and spelt farm on the durhamyork town line for the past 14 years devoting a portion of the land to the growing of organic vegetables and herbs a member of canadian organic growers cag anderson is hope ful the communal program can help the small family farm while enabling consumers to enjoy the benefits of organically grown food its a way for small vegetable farmers to make a living said anderson small farms are labour intensive and costs are high so it can be hard to compete organic farmers in this area who try to make a living at it must go to downtown toronto to try to compete in a big market and they are competing against california produce anderson already has 70 sharers for his csa program and is look ing for 30 more he said the price to the consumer is less than they would pay at a health food store and roughly the same as at a regu lar grocery store his produce consists of such items as lettuce carrots beans toma toes cauliflower broccoli corn and squash along with fruits such as strawberries and raspberries anderson said his goal is to establish the csa program in the uxbridgestouffville area td like to get something started in this area so people know theres something like this where they can get fresh organically grown produce while supporting local farmers he said he is also prepared to help other farmers become a part of the program- anderson is convinced of the benefits of produce grown without chemical fertilizers and pesticides tests have shown there is a higher nutritional value in organically grown food he also supports the idea of small farms arguing that the mega farms are damaging the land the concept of the 1500acre farm which has become so big in the united states isnt working out its ruining the land as these farms are having all the nutrients taken out of the soil because theyre being over fanned the chemical fertil izers have rendered this land unable to produce properly anderson said he hopes to eventually convert his entire farm to the growing of organic fruits and vegetables but admits it is a slow pro cess its not easy and there are lots of pitfalls it takes at least five years to get the land turned around photasjoerd wttteveen stopping by for a chat penny hubbert a health planner with the york region district health council addresses the annual chats volunteer luncheon at angies restaurant on tuesday hubbert gave an update on the status of longterm care in york region and answered concerns from the volunteers remember dday next month take time to remember the stouffville branch of the royal canadian legion is celebrating the 50th anniversary of dday with a ceremony to honor the inva sion of normandy on mon june 6 local vet erans and residents will meet at 11 am at the town square cenotaph to lay a wreath which will be fol lowed by a service and flag- raising at the 9th line legion hall the 50th anniversay flag will be raised and remain high on the pole until nov 11 1995 remem brance day local veterans are inviting all stouffville residents to join them for the celebration for veterans tracy kibble councillor questions tenders if the town wants to cut cor ners and save money it shouldnt tender small jobs said ward 1 councillor ivanka bradley this week bradley was questioning why the public works department tendered a 4400 catchbasin cleaning job when it would have been less costly to get sev eral quotes and hire from there why are we going through a tender process for a 4400 job when we are trying to cut cor ners this is just unnecessary hours of work bradley said director paul whitehouse admitted bradley was correct in stating the towns policy does not require tendering jobs under 20000 but said it was the fastest route since papers were on file from previous years it didnt have to be tendered but we already had the tender documents prepared i just carried on as i have in the past whitehouse said and administrator merlin dewing said a tender document strengthens the agreement of what works are to be done for the town we can tie down the contrac tor more tightly with a tender and it was already on disk we felt it was more appropriate to proceed dewing asked that council leave the day to day business decisions up to the staff who have the expertise to make the best decisions it would be better if you leave the administration up to administration dewing said 3 v t x v- f t 1 m jjfcfpfp y 1 ti ill jfm snk m bemk wagons ho photosjoebd wttteveen jaymee mackenzle 11 pulls a wagon containing emma del degan 6 and katie del degan 3 along greenwood rd this week asi tjp reservoir cleanup planned two stouffville residents are asking for volunteers to help clean up the reservoir trails on millard street stephen buck told the tribune this week that with the assis tance of the town which will provide a bob cat and supply wood chips residents will lay logs down through the mucky trails and spread wood chips on top to dry them the group is looking for people to provide their time wheelbar rows rakes and shovels to make the trails useable again volunteers are asked to meet at the old bird sanctuary main gates oh millard street at 9 am on sat may 28 to help call buck at 6406930 or chris bardecky at 6408005 for more information kids earn extra money become a carrier today call 6402100 stouffville attention flyer advertisers we can deliver your flyen for at little ai u a piece so far this i tear we have delivered 10472889 flyen doortodoor in i markham unionville millikcn stouffville uxbridgel claremont dickson hill locuit hill gormley goodwood i victoria square brougham hagerman comers box grove i cedar grove buttonville sandford goodwood uaikdale greenbank udora sunderland zephyr ashburn canrdngton i and all 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