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e e o e ie [ C110 C 0 Learn more about Greenbelt legislation bzrglla;ld preservation in ()nmr!us Greenbelt will _ Catharines and minister responsible for Greenbelt e the focus pf an expert panel discussion at a speâ€" _ and Oak Ridges Moraine Foundations, Dr. Norman cm}‘fo‘rum this month. f Looney, president of the International Society for Glgenbe]t -”Preservmg Ontario‘s Farmlands, _ Horticultural Science, Debbie Zimmerman, Niagara Emerging Issues" takes place Saturday, Jan. 27 at _ regional councillor and CEO of the Grape Growers of 1 p.m. at the Best Western Beacon Harbourside in _ Ontatio and Elbert van Donkersgoed, P. Ag. (Hon.), Jorfivzm Smnon: 3 executive director of the Greater Toronto Agricultural Ih'e forum is designed to promote a clear underâ€" _ Action. committee. The summary speaker is journalâ€" standing of the need and importance of Ontario‘s _ ist Glenn Powell. Gr?enbelL 3 Farmers, farm leaders, community leaders, The program begins with the plenary speakâ€" government personnel and concerned citizens er Burkhard Mausberg, executive director of the _ Will all benefit from participating in this forum, Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation, who will disâ€" _ which has been endorsed by the Ontario Institute cuss the lessons learned about the Greenbelt over _ 0f Agrologists (OIA) and developed by a team of | tk}e pas? two years. This will be followed by a panel _ Ontario‘s Professional Agrologists from Niagara and dlscuSS§0n on thgtopic "Adjusting to the Greenbelt" _ Hamilton in conjunction with the Friends of the modgrated by Bill Hodgson, mayor of the Town _ Greenbelt Foundation. s ' January 2007 Newsletter of Lincoln. Panelists are Jim Bradley, MPP: St. There is no admission charge. Continued... Juice grapes squeezed | Ray Duc, chair of the grape growers as well as a large grower of wine grapes, said the drastic winter kill in I 2003 and 2005 and a difficult year in 2004 taught a great deal about which grape varieties can survive tough | winter conditions. | | He said, "(Replanting) will help stabilize the entire industry with different varieties, different locations." | Dean Allison, Conservative MP for Niagara Westâ€"Glanbrook, said in order to get federal government support, | the program needs to be national, to meet the needs of other grape growers in the rest of the country as well as | Niagara. | But he also recognized the need for quick action and plans to meet with the grape growers in early January | to discuss their proposal. | "I‘d certainly fight for something like that. It‘s important to me." | Imarr@thespec.com | 905â€"526â€"3992 | Reprinted with permission from The Hamilton Spectator o e , Meeting with local MP‘°s on the Replant Program Representatives from the Grape Growers of Ontario met with area MPs (Minister Rob Nicholâ€" son, Mr. Dean Allison and Mr. Rick Dykstra) to discuss moving forward with the Replant Proâ€" gram. The Grape Growers of Ontario continues to strongly advocate on behalf of our growers with both the Provincial and Federal governments on the need for the Replant Program. Te ore y Left to Right: Debbie Zimâ€" 1 Tall : E merman (CEO, GGO), Minisâ€" v e 6 j ter Rob Nicholson (Minister ’ A ‘Q f ‘“ m a 7 ., of Justice and Attorney Genâ€" s s C + 4 eral of Canada), Mr. Dean ® \ ‘Cy Allison (MPâ€"Niagara Westâ€" Fi U ; ' [ . Glanbrook), Ray Due (Chair, + GGO), Bill George (Viceâ€" i Y Chair, GGO), Matthias Opâ€" P penlaender (Grape King, o < GGO), Doug Hernder (Board Member, GGO), Steve Ferâ€" | nick (Board Member, GGO), i Mr. Rick Dykstra (MPâ€"St. = " Catharines) esmm Grape Growers of Ontario s P.O. Box 100, Vineland Station, ON LOR 2E0 Phone: 905â€"688â€"0990 Fax: 905â€"688â€"321 1 www.grapegrowersofontario.com