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production. e ; C Forces farm families to relocate onto pooter land, driving up their costs and making it _more difficult to compete. C _ farmers. Q Higherland prices limit farm expansions. ) Cuts into limited supply of prime farmland. C Once urbanized, land can‘t be put back into tirement or help boost farm incomes. AGAINST: Q May lead to more food imports. (Q] Increase conflicts between farmers and nonâ€" » Qg figure is available on amount of farmland cénverted this way, but it‘s thought to be equal to or greater than that utilized for growth by urban centres. _ THE FUTURE: With London wanting to annex , large tracts of Middlesex County, there‘s fear more farmland eventually will be taken out of production. C SCoPE OF SECTOR: Farming is a $2â€"billionâ€"aâ€" year sector in Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Lambton, Kent, Perth and Huron counties. (SOURCES: Environment Canada; Ontario ministry of agriculture and food.) While municipalities have a say in how develâ€" opment proceeds, Queen‘s Park helps protect farmland from urbanization and farmers from nui~" sance complaints by nonâ€"farm neighbors: C FOOD LAND GUIDELINES: Government policy‘ since 1978; updated policy stalled with instal« lation of new government; the 1978 version permits development of farmland, but conâ€" {, version to nonâ€"farm has to be justified. C FARM PRACTICES PROTECTION ACT: Law since 1988; establishes freedom of farmers to raise livestock, grow crops; protects them from nuisance lawsulits arising from comâ€" plaints about the noise, odor or dust generatâ€" ed by their operations. 1 Q THEFUTURE: Look for heated debate over the NDP‘s promise to restrict severely or proâ€" hibit development on prime farmland. CC Provides room for cities to grow. [Q Allows farmers to sell chunks of land for reâ€" Between 1981 and 1986, about 80 per cent of| urban development in Ontario occurred on | prime agricultural land. \ C OvERvIEw: Ontario cities with populations of | 25,000 or more gobbled up about 37,000 | hectares (91,426 acres) of prime agricultural | land between 1976 and 1986 â€" an area ( more than twice the size of London. z] C LOCAL LOSSES: The seven counties of Midd=â€" lesex, Oxford, Elgin, Lambton, Kent, Huron _ and Perth lost more than 5,500 hectares 5 (13,600 acres) of farmland in that period. C SEVERANCES: Number proposed in agriculâ€" tural areas of Ontario has risen to more than 14,000 annually from 5,000 only 10 years _ ago. Most are for nonâ€"farm residences. Alâ€" . most every severance results in fragmentaâ€" .. tion of agricultural land, increasing potential conflict between farmers and nonâ€"farmers. ror: FARmMLAND UrBANIZATION Provinciar Action VanisuHinc FarmuaNd When I grow up, I want / Charles Haskett founded the business in 1882 when he purâ€" chased the cabinet and undertaking business of Albert Goodacre of Luâ€" can. Haskett had served his apâ€" prenticeship with Goodacre. _ C. Haskett and Son Funeral Home is a father and son business that began operation over 100 years ago, and has since been passed down four generations. By Rhonda Vandeworp Most young people anxiously await for the moment when they‘re old enough to pack up their bags and start a life of adventure away from home. c . William Haskett, Charles‘s son, joined his father in 1918 and the name of the business officially beâ€" came C. Haskett â€"and Son. Wilâ€" liam‘s sons, Clarence and Arthur both followed in their father‘s footâ€" steps. Clarence took over the famiâ€" ly business in Lucan while Arthur worked as a funeral director in Toâ€" ronto. C * . The next in line was Clarence‘s son, Bill. Since the age of 12, Bill knew that he wanted to work with There are some individuals, howâ€" ever, who look forward to the time when they can join the businesses run by their parents. The following businesses are only some of the successful father/son operations in South Huron. &_%_ to be just like dad | According to Bill it is easifer to conduct a funeral if the leaders know what to expect from one anâ€" other. _ He continued to explain cause "I was brought up with it, I didn‘t have any other interests," he explained. A Clarence Haskett ~+â€"CiyyN\ly In addition to that business, Bill has taken on the responsibility of running Lucan‘s ambulance serâ€" vice, and his wife manages the his father has allowed them to "know what the other is going to do by instinct." . and his son, Bill 7 «ti, Fueohifuar e { h )-'H-n“f ;i r*g