Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), Winter 1984, page 15

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'éDntario women’s groups Farm Women. Although there are 80 members across the province, the majority are concentrated in Bruce and Grey counties. The group ap- peals to a. cross-section of women i'rom professional and non- nrofessional backgrounds. The Concerned Farm Women group conducted a survey to deter- mine the stress on farm women. They published their findings in a book called The Farmer Takes u H‘th which celebrates readership across Canada. Beth Slumski. an active member of the group explained that their goals are “alleviating the primary cause of this stress through education. telling the farmers' story [0 the consumer and bridging the rural urban gap." “Our new endeavor is already underway," says Beth. This time a publication on the property rights of 111m) women. Concerned Farm Women are part of the network “joining the women of today" and they hope to continue sharing the information derived from the survey to increase the understand- ing of rural women.

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