Environmentalists gather to protect farmland

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Published on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 12:11
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Ontario Farmland Preservation spokesman Bernard Pope will join an AWARE Simcoe panel to discuss how to put food and water first Saturday.

As solar companies moved in Simcoe County, Pope has advocated solar farms be located on non-prime agricultural land.

The panel also includes North Dufferin Agricultural Taskforce chairperson Carl Cosack, whose organization fought and stopped the megaquarry, as well as broadcast activist Dale Goldhawk. Former CBC host Donna Tranquada will emcee the event at Alliston's Circle Theatre.

The discussion which will focus on the Ontario Aggregate Resources Act and how to stop companies from using prime agricultural land for uses other than food and clean water takes place from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

 

By Barrie Advance Staff

Published in Simcoe County, Apr. 30, 2013