RE: [lofo List] "will share his vision for revitalizing rural economy in the face of globalization"

["Cathy Holtslander" <cathyh@beyondfactoryfarming.org>]

Hi Amy,

I regret not being able to attend that talk either. I hope someone will report
back to us about it. 

If it turns out that there are a number of people interested in artisanal
cheese production in Saskatchewan, maybe we could approach the Milk Marketing
Board with a proposal for quote exemption for small herds for specialty cheese
production. I know that for egg and chicken production there is a threshold
before you need to get quota in Saskatchewan. I don't see why we couldn't make
a case for a similar opening for small scale cheese producers.

Cathy


---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Amy Jo Ehman" <ajehman@hotmail.com>
To: lofo@cs.uregina.ca
Sent: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:04:48 +0000
Subject: RE: [lofo List] "will share his vision for revitalizing rural economy
in the face of globalization"

> This talk sounds very interesting and I regret that I cannot be in 
> Regina that day. It's my dream that someone in Saskatchewan would 
> make artisinal cheese. I was recently at a conference of the 
> National Farmers Union, in a discussion about milk quotas, and 
> someone asked the question: "If I wanted to milk one cow and sell 
> the cheese, how much would it cost to buy a quota?" The answer: $21,
> 000. That's NOT for the cow, but for the licence to milk the cow! 
> I'm sure they don't have that 'problem' in France. Amy
> 
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> From: Daryl Hepting <hepting@cs.uregina.ca>
> Reply-To: Local Food Directory Project <lofo@cs.uregina.ca>
> To: Local Food Directory Project <lofo@cs.uregina.ca>
> Subject: [lofo List] "will share his vision for revitalizing rural 
> economy in the face of globalization"
> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 14:57:23 -0600
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> >From: Anik Helie <Anik.Helie@uregina.ca>
> >Date: January 9, 2007 11:37:29 AM GMT-06:00
> >To: events@cronus.cc.uregina.ca
> >Subject: [events] - Conference at the U of R on Rural Developement
> >Reply-To: Anik Helie <Anik.Helie@uregina.ca>
> >
> >The Institut français and the Assemblée communautaire
> >fransaskoise (ACF) invite you to a conference on rural
> >development, to be held on Thursday, January 11, at 7:30
> >p.m., in the Rotunda of the Institut français.  André
> >Valadier, President of a cheese co-operative in the Aubrac
> >territory in France, will share his vision for revitalizing
> >rural economy in the face of globalization.  The conference
> >is open to the general public and simultaneous
> >interpretation services will be available from French to
> >English.
> >
> >André Valadier is not only an active player in his
> >community, but is also a seasoned entrepreneur, rancher and
> >farmer.  A man of deep conviction, he persuaded the
> >ranchers of Aubrac to renew the production of Laguiole
> >cheese in the sixties, creating the Jeune Montagne cheese
> >co-operative.  Annual production rose from 25 tonnes in the
> >1950s to 700 tonnes in the year 2000.  André Valadier will
> >explain how a particular food product can help revitalize
> >rural areas, giving them a new economic reality and
> >international recognition.
> >
> >Hoping to see you there!
> >
> >Anik Hélie
> >Agente de communication
> >Communication Officer
> >Institut français
> >University of Regina
> >306.585.4828
> >www.uregina.ca/institutfrancais
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Daryl H. Hepting, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor  * Computer Science Department * CW 308.22
> University of Regina * Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada S4S 0A2
> dhh@cs.uregina.ca    * http://www.cs.uregina.ca/~hepting
> tel: (306) 585-5210  * fax: (306) 585-4745 * cell: (306) 596-6312
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