e | ‘Ea _ Business Farm survives with RV park income A program supporting farm tourism and other farm supple- mentary income should be pro- moted by Central Saanich, local farmer Gordon Mosvold of Twin Totem Farm told council recently. “Central Saanich would be the ideal municipality to pioneer this from the grassroots with its town and country hand-in-hand loca- tion,” Mosvold said. Alternatives include housing special needs people, low-income housing within the farm building complex and farm tourism. With his submission, Mosvold included a Feb. 19 report from a Norwegian newspaper describing @® the combination of tourism and farming. His own experience illustrates the need to combine small farms with some other means of gaining income. _ The 63-acre Twin Totem farm also includes a three-acre parcel of non-agricultural land on Island View. beach.- For over 10 years, the Mosvolds have operated the three-acre parcel as a non-conforming recreational campsite despite municipal regula- tions which prohibit overnight camping in the municipality. The farm has received temporary per- mits to operate for the past eight - years. “TI think Central Saanich is try- ing to sort the situation out and @Micir policy is to help the farms,” Mosvold said. In 1984, Twin Totems applied to construct a permanent recreational vehicle park as part of the farm in order to make the farm financially viable. This application was turned down. In 1986, control of the farm was taken over by a trust company, although the Mosvolds still live on the site and operate the farm. Mosvold said the present recrea- tional vehicle park is essential to the economic survival of the farm. “We are dependent on the recrea- tion vehicle park income.” How- ever that income is marginal and UVic opens new research laboratory in N. Saanich by. Randy Allen The Review Finding out more about the effect to humans of spraying bio- logical controls to erradicate Gypsy Moths could be the result of research at a new university facility in North Saanich. _@, With the opening of an environ- mental health lab, the University of Victoria hopes to unlock that mystery and come up with solu- tions for controlling human gene- lic mutancy and alternative meth- ods of pest control. Last week, UVic President David Strong announced the reciept of over $3.2 million in funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Kabi Pharmacia Inc. to support two new faculty members and their research. Dr. Barry Glickman and Dr. David Levin will hold the senior and junior NSERC Pharmacia industrial research chairs in envir- onmental biotechnology created __for the new lab. - Glickman is an expert im human genetic mutations caused by envir- onmental factors and his research will focus on the effects that radiation and chemicals have on human deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA, genetic building blocks). “What we intend to do is apply biotechnology to studying and solving environmental problems,” Glickman said. “Using biotechno- logy techniques we can now study and answer the question, “Are we being mutated by things in our environment?” ~ The funding was also boosted by UVic’s committment of $1.34 mil- lion for equipment and structural 4gmprovements to the centre located at the Marine Technology centre on Pat Bay in North Saanich. Levin will concentrate on pest management through natural con- trol rather than chemical pestic- ides. He said his team will investigate viruses which are insect-specific and develop biological insectic- ides from their results. Strong was excited about the addition of the lab to the university as a facility for undergraduates, graduate students and others to train in environmental health and biotechnology. “The interaction between man and the earth is very important,” said Strong. “The endangerment of ecosystems endangers us, and we have to take the initiative to study methods of coexisting with our environment.” ands” Funeral Chapels 656-2932 or 388-5155 Offer a complete choice of Professional Service. —TRADITIONAL —MEMORIAL —DIRECT CREMATION —FULL PRE-ARRANGEMENTS SERVICES Services from your church or in either of our chapels at 1803 QUADRA STREET VICTORIA Or : 317 GOLDSTREAM AVE. COLWOOD will continue to be marginal unless the park is upgraded with power and telephone lines. Only 25 acres of the farm is good, arable land, Mosvold said. “We are too small to compete but we are too big to be a hobby farm.” They are also not in a location where roadside stands are a possi- bility, he added. FRESH PRODUCE from ~ Hazelmere Farms was one. -popular choice at the Spring Fair held over the Easter weekend in North Saanich. Here 13-year-old _ Edward Herlinveaux dis- plays some cauliflower. The event also featured local crafts and home- baked treats. The fair is to continue through the summer. NATIONAL REAL ARS, ESTATE SERVICE NAS BL BLOCK BAQS! REALTY! Lee BEACON, NES SNE ssa SELLING YOUR HOME? Since the marketing of real es- tate is most people’s largest monetary commitment, | take special pride in ensuring that the transaction procedure will go as smooth as possible. | can expose your home to a great number of potential buyers be- yond the local MLS. 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