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or Wee.kTsdnsIay,, -brnairy4,.199 -13.. After two days of vlsiting farms and rural areas hit h ard by the worst ice storm on record, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Minister Lyle Vanclief said be was struck by the devastation be witnessed. -The past several days have sbnwn me just how destructive this storm has been for eastemn Ontario and rural Quebec. People in the countryside and farmers in -particular have suffered a crippling blow. As someone who used to make a living from the land, 1Imkow what it's like to be at the merc of the weather. My beart goes out to these pýopl l'e sald. Mr. Vanclief, 'who is also the federal Minister respon- sible for rural development, sali he is very concerned about the impact on rural businesses. Pulp and paper mnills, apparel manufacturers, auto parts makers, mhetal processors and rail trans- portation are among the many rural industries affect- ed, as well as ail the retail outlets in communities affect- ed by the ice storm. Todai (January 16, 1998), the Minister was scheduled tojoin Don Boudria, Minister of State and Leader of the Governn-ent in the House of Comnions, in a tour of Mr. Boudria's rldlng in easterri Onitario. On Tbursday, be and Prime Mïister Jean Chretien saw the storm's effect on eastern Ontario and rural Quebec and the large-scale devastation of power and telephone Unes. Wednesday, the Minister was wlth Martin Cauchon, Secretary of State for the Federal Office of Regional Development for Quebec, and Laurent Pellerin, president of -ne Union des producteurs agrcoles, to view the damage inflicted on the St. Hyacinthe area. Mr: Vanclief said be was moved by how people have corne together to get throughl this emergency. Its a testa- ment to the human spirit that people have survlved as well as they have in this worst of situations," he said. "Manty people have already started rebuilding their lives while helping their neighbours. As part of that rebuilding, the Government of Canada bas announced that it will immediately provide an ini- tial amount of $75 million in compensation to Quebec and Ontario to help residents get their lives back to normal. Further compensation will be forthcoming once a better estimate of damnages is avail- able. Dairy farmers who could no[ have their milk processed in Canada because of power failures at plants are benefit- ing fromn an arrangement with the United States that is see- ing American plants process Canadian milk and returu it for sale in Canada - a move that is Worth up to $800,000 to our dairy indust-ry. The two countries also cooperated on a temporary measure to alllow imports of American feed into the affected areas. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has been working with Emergency Preparedness Canada on an inventory of generators - 500 have been located in Georgia and wiUl be fed into provincial distribution systeme - and the department has provided its own generators to areas in need. As well, the Farmn Credit Corporation (FCC) announced this week that farmers who experience cash- flow problemns due to the storm may qualify for flexible boan payments. The PCC is also offerlng financlng to help farmers with requirements for equipment, large generators and repairs to damaged buildings. "The team effort that has Hydroponîcs .. Growing indoors wîthout soil! (NC) Next time you are in your supermarket produce sec- tiont, take a look around. You may be surprised to find that a wide variety of the vegetables and most of the herbs are hydroponically grown. The reason for this new growing trend in commercial food pro- duction is . simple. 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