The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

H\ l arol hlenarbkirkh) “\\onten are the all time pros. .tt lohl‘ttttgl‘ Jeeonhug to Sister l‘hontus \lote Bertels. it teacher L|llti farming titlmhtte from \\ tsconstit Speaking to munch Al the Ne“ l‘l't‘lllliih for turn “omen ‘5‘ seminar. ot'l'ered b). “omen tor the Support of Agricul- ture hourlrmstern OnLtrio). In March. \l\lt‘l Bertels went onto encourage d.“ utentuxntions, tntrtreulsrl) turm groups in tin more lobbying. “\\ hile L'l‘ldllgt.’ is inmituble, ll is oecut ring so that and so tlixersel). we don't tnou hmt to cope “'llh 11.“ Sister Bet'tels \Lllki. Instead, we ol'ten blame the orguimatrons “e belong to tutti the L‘l’ngllzdllUl’ls blame the members. " \l the moment we seem to be satisfied utth the routine re- PJtI‘s. but the bottom line is the mu- chittcr) is not here to handle crisis. Ext-rtthrng is organized. but we need to restructure the orgam/utlon to hurt? die the problems." Sister Bertels e» planned Lobby tng ts one Mt} of tore- inu the restructure. Organizations. all of them. are not .i~ etteetite as the) should be. "I'm eotng to generoli/e, but i think you'll get on potnt, Women's groups collect old LlUthN ttnd eat. Men's groups “ear old clothes and drink.” Sister Bertclx salti. H'he encouraged the Women to Lise ti'lL‘ machmer) \xithin their organizaâ€" trons to get p0\\e’l’ She defined pouer .ts the gtbiltt} to get [lungs done and get people to help you get things done. "I'm not asking you to he Hitler ['m ti~k|llg you to be involth in the production of Intendant effects? Sister Bertels explained. \lthough one would think involve ment in agriculture would unify turmers and form organizations, ol'ten that is not the case. "There are iLtts of differences between farmers. [tmuld exert say there isu class struc- ture. \ lot depends upon the farmer's sellâ€"Image. One farmer considers himsell a businessman who does his man labor, ulnle another sees himself Do more ldb She suggested every farmer is an entrepreneur who sees a need. believes they can fult'il that need. and pulls together resources to meet that need for Ll t‘inuneiul return. And entre- preneurs l'orm professional groups. Within those groups. she suggested members strive to find the middle position since it is the opposite of ex- [terms and more realistic. lâ€"inully. Sister Bertels said the silent majority in our organizations is to blame for problems. “All members are responsible for the action of the organiiationf' Dr. Freeman McEwen. Dean of Ontario Agriculture College, Univer- sity or Guelph and chairman of the Ontario Institute ol‘Agrologists’ Dir- ections for Sustainable Agriculture task force, gave an overview of the task t‘orce report at the seminar. A report on the WSA Childcare Study was given and a panel discus- sion on childcare presented some inâ€" teresting t‘aets. And, Sylvia Gold, president of the Canadian Advisory Council for the Status of Women gave a report. A Panel presentation on childcare was one part of the New Frontiers for FM" Women program. Pictured above (from left to right) are Brande Horn of C0???- mum’ty Home Child Care in London; Jennifer Batters“ aflamblon Rural Child C are; Jean Nazis of Real Women of Canada; and panel moderator Karen M01113“ Li's Ll laborer who [5 selllemployed. That different Image makes it hard to get :1 consensus." Sister Bertels said. 14 H & C July. August, September 1987