Two friends

~ Heritage Park's official opening recently. RN Nagazon is a
male Arabian owned by Ken Whyte. The horse was one of .
: Several appearing wilh buggies of old.

new friend while altending

Organic produce
group takes root

TERRACE — A local organic
farmer is starting an association
of. northwest organic gardeners
aimed at gétting certification to
market their produce. ;

: Bill Hayes said the Northwest
Gardeners’ Association should
provide a‘ forum for - local
farmers and gardeners to share
their. knowledge and experience
about growing without using
chemical fertilizers or
pesticides.

* The group will also try to get =
its member growers certified as®
organic. Although local growers
jhow. produce organic fruits and
vegetables, grocery stores won’t
sell the local produce because it
isn’t certified organic.

~1f gardeners here could get
certification, they could then
market as organic,’’ Hayes said.
= “Hayes said he has set June 26
at 7 p.m. in the library as the

tentative :date.-for the *grolipts=-i
“factory farms using only a few -

first_ meeting, and says ‘anyone
else interested can call him at »

635-3278.

Certification could 1 mean bet-
ter quality organic produce for
local shoppers, he said, because
it wouldn’t be trucked long
distances.

Most organic: produce’ in

grocery stores now comes from

Washington State, he added,
where rules on organic farming

require farms ‘abstain from

pesticides and chemicals for on-
ly one year until they're cer-
tified organic.

Hayes: said the new associa-

tion would follow B.C. cer- ».
tification rules requiring‘a more
‘widely accepted . three-year

period.

The association would. “also |
promote heritage seed. ex. .
He. said ‘such ex-.:

changes.
changes improve the | genetic

‘diversity of ‘plant species,

countering ‘the genetic narrow-'

Natives —
to claim
forests |

TERRACE — Gitksan: Eagle.

Clan members say they-will take...

over timber management din.”

their land claim areas’ near®
Cedarvale and Kitwanga to pre- .§

vent destruction of forests
there.

. Bagle Clan spokesinan “Art
Loring said wasteful logging.
practises ‘would threaten the
diverse ecology and uses: of the
area,

ritories along the Skeena River. -
in the Kitwanga and Cedarvale
areas; Skeena Celtulose has log-
ging plans for the claimed a areas,
but cutting stopped short of the
clan's boundary - after a
blockade went up last summer.’
. “They've stopped within 300,

. yards of our territory,” Loring

said June 9 ata forestry.
seminar. ‘‘They have’ not made
a plan that makes sefise to ‘the’
public. The sensitivity of this-
land here is too great to handle
the present forestry systems.
That goes for mining, too.” - -
He said wholistic planning is’
- required to take'into account all
- uses of the land — from selec"
tive logging to mushroom pick-
ing and tourism.
The local clan’s plans will go
ahead, he said, regardless of the
outcome of Gitksan land claim

- negotiations. ‘Even if we lose 9
the land claim, this type of

wholistic forestry will'go ahead.
We know we have publie sup-
port.”

Loring said clan members :
recently took , training’ in”:

wholistic forestry to help them -
better understand and manage
their lands. ~ .

The native group claims" tere :

Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 20, 1990 — Page A15

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‘SUMMER HOURS —

School District No. 88 administration Board Office will be inetituting ao
7 mer hours, effective July 2 to August 31, 1990 inclusive.

Hours will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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