Time to Unite for Food and Water First

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Published on Monday, 01 April 2013 23:15

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Dear editor,

The community of Melancthon are first in Ontario to declare its support for Food and Water First in light of the support they recently received from thousands of people province-wide and elsewhere who supported them in their fight against Highland Companies proposed mega-quarry.

The mayor and council have allowed the Food and Water logo to be placed on their website and a sign on township property to celebrate this victory and take a stand for future encounters.   
While Highland still owns the property, this will be sending them a strong message that we are aware of the issue and their possibly restarting their fight to harvest the limestone at a later date suggesting we will fall asleep at the wheel and not fight back to save our farmland and the water under its soil.

It would be a bonus for all who support this cause, and our farmland, if the Town of Orangeville and other surrounding townships would give their support by also declaring their support for Food and Water First  .... not quietly, but actively.

By Ron Lehman, Orangeville

Published in the "Orangeville Banner", Editorial Section, April 1, 2013

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