Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 12, 1992, Winnipeg, Manitoba A1a Winnipeg free press Ivy september the province editor Catherine 6977292 City folks learn about fickle farming life by Larry Kusch staff reporter Adolphe Dan Wiens grows vegetables and builds Bridges Between Farmers and City this he was adopted by More than 200 who each paid up front for a weekly Supply of fresh fruit and its been More than a commercial urbanite have got caught up in the idea of getting to know a Farmer and receiving a weekly Supply of organically grown and Treyve also Learned first hand How capricious farming can cold summer temperatures have Hurt the production of some and City people have shared Wiens the tomatoes were very he said in an interview yes i planted enough tomatoes to Supply everybody with 70 and so far Ive delivered one Pound to but Wiens said the participants in this Experiment in shared farming have been incredibly in and Many Are already asking about joining again next the which Wiens devel oped in conjunction with stewards of the an affiliate of the mennonite Central has drawn so much in that its Likely to expand to several other Farmers next two goals two of the goals of the project Are to help create a healthy local econ omy and to build links Between Rural and Urban Wiens it really has More to do with economics and the Community than it has to do with Wiens began delivering weekly baskets of produce at eight City drop off locations in Early the deliveries will continue until the produce has included Broc Gar apples and rasp neighbouring Farmers have also sold turkeys and beef through his the response has been extra Ordi Wiens Many participants have driven out to the farm to look at their crops and lend Wiens a hand at in weeding the weekly food drop offs in some like Boniface and have turned into social bringing City neighbors closer Wiens keeps everybody informed about the farms Progress by pub Lishing a weekly newsletter that includes crop updates and other news from the he hosted a farm tour Celebration that Drew Well Over 100 people just loved Wiens said he would like to develop Lon term relationships with project this will be their their kids will grow up with this As their when Hes dropped off food at de some children have come up to him All wide eyed and asked Are you my Farmer he have already taken to calling him Farmer Larry Kusch Winnipeg free Cress Farmer Dan Wiens checks his Corn Field near sharing will be a Farmer says Adolphe Dan Wiens says shared farming could become a National phenomenon in the very near his which Urban residents pay up front for a Summers Supply of fruit and vegetables and then share in the risk As Well As the Bounty of a farms received nationwide attention since it was first profiled in the free press earlier this in several other farm ers including one near Steinbach and another near Portage la Prairie expressed interest in follow ing in his footsteps next this is no Small i Wiens said of the this int about cheap Wiens said in an what this is about is a fair Price for both the Farmer and the City peo Wiens said while his farm has received a lot of Media the real Story is this is going to happen across Western Canada and right across he said after his project got off the he Learned that Farmers in other countries have developed similar cooperative relationships with Urban some 200 shared farms exist in the United and the phenomenon is also widespread in in a Coop that began 25 years ago with a single Farmer who wanted milk directly to Urban residents now involves fam Wiens said one Adolphe Farmer is so enthused with the shared farm ing concept that Hes planning to do Nate a House and some land towards a project next the House would be used to Board refugee from Al Salvador who would operate a farm similar to Pine Lake band seeks role in managing Lake by Randy Turner staff reporter a group that spent the last five years stocking Wellman Lake with thousands of adult Walleye Are now looking for assurances the Lake wont be netted by local treaty band Mem the Swan Valley sport fishing enhancement consisting of local fishermen and have spent approximately on the designed to turn the Lake into a valuable tourist tourism is a viable Way of establishing economic development in the Lou the groups presi so its kind of a two sided thing with people with a common con Cern to promote and enhance the in the last the Lake has been closed to Walleye mean volunteers have stocked the Lake with Walleye while at the same time transferring which compete with to surrounding concerned the project is essentially coming to Mario Well be Able to open it next year to with the season approaching next members of the enhancement group have become concerned about the possibility that Pine Creek band members could drop nets into the restocked two band members showed interest in setting nets in the until they were convinced by local natural resources officers to move to nearby Spray its just like Barry chief no for the Swan River the treaty in Dian has the right to go fishing wherever he the final decision is the Swan Valley group has made plans to meet with band leaders to propose a partnership of where both parties could Benefit from the lakes band members could become involved in the service Industry Gener ated by along with gaining employment As guides and Mario Pine Creek chief Clifford Mckay acknowledged the treaty members right to net fish in Wellman but Mckay said the band would rather work to co manage the Well Man with the enhancement group and Benefit from potential business i dont think they should have a fear that people would do drop a net and Clear it the Lake the chief Mckay that situations involving Wellman Lake should prompt the government to step up discussions regarding co manage ment agreements for local resource free press Brian Mckillop and Maria Wilson gather Netley Marsh life subject of study Keith Mondesir Nathalie Cassis optometrists eyes examined Contact lenses fitted Eye glasses of Spencer repaired paediatric optometry 2011555 marys English French spoken 12552459 by Martin Zeilig free press correspondent Brian Mckillop stands atop the tall Blue Wood and steel look out Tower contemplating the Early morn Mist shrouded serenity of the red River a few minutes his reverie the 47yearold invertebrate zoologist and his assistant Maria Wilson Are zooming in their Small outboard powered rubber to along narrow Netley located about 40 Kilometres Northwest of Winnipeg near the Southern Basin of Lake they Are beginning a demanding 12hour Day of collecting aquatic plants and specifically Small invertebrates like insects and from the copious lakes and marshes that fan out from the red River just before it meanders into Lake the study of invertebrate aquatic i life in the red River otherwise known As Netley began be cause it was found in an earlier study i there were big differences in such life from one Side of the Marsh to the said a native of in Southern Ontario who has been employed by the museum of Man and nature for 16 this study was originally under taken because of the need for information on marshes the museums new Parkland gallery Marsh Mckillop study primarily Doc l mentation is also intended to Trace the harmful affects of Pollut ants filtering into the Marsh through the red the first study was begun in 1989 by Erik of the Manitoba Energy and mines who was studying the palaeoecology or the origins of the Sandy bar Sepa rating the Lake from the it was Nielsen who alerted Mckillop to likelihood of differences in the Del tas aquatic creatures without a now Mckillop is into the second year of his three year scientific exploration which is funded largely by the museums nature the collection of samples is ongo ing and involves approximately 80 Sites across the Square Kilometres of says two years discovered a new Manitoba microscopic single coiled called in a Salt Spring on the Western coast of Lake its closest rela Tive lives in the Gulf of at least once a month during the Mckillop and his navigate their Bantam boat through the deltas shallow Waters and tangled marshes to collect the snails and clams by hand Light traps and underwater he even gathers fishes for the museums fish during the Winter Mckillop col lates All the computerized it and then plots the distribution of the Vari Ous eyes examined lenses fitted Lecker i Lecker optometrists i 9436628 Norfe my to pm Mirtam i to 1mo Winnipeg free press Home delivery 6977001 Burron Lumby blow out Selling Tiki 4x4 flints Latte cd olympic Formica o l if Burron Lumb by 93s Laos Modiri irk at big so action co maims 9421177 200 Princess Arborg Man faces drug charge a 45yearold Arborg Man is facing drug charges after police raided his Home thursday and found a Hydro Ponic marijuana operation hidden in the ramp raided the House and found 150 plants and extensive growing equipment stashed away behind a false Wall in the Wyman Sangster said 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