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, l u - WATERLOO CHRONICIE - Wednesday. September 16, 2013 rg . I . I O O I Doors Open Waterloo Regwn features organwfarmmg Site Sept. 21 _ l BVMAnsmuWnn 5”“ '0 "" Chm" 2013 Hagey Lecture a“ O we farming for the laepelle .. . features Margaret family is not only a job. it's a , . 7 . _ », me" way of We. in, .4 .- f' his» McMillian Sept. 1 9 "We‘ve been on this farm for 14 fig; "9 figfif‘fi???‘ g”, '3‘ ' " ‘ years. and before that we had an organ- ’ ”3117:; “if. ‘ - I: The 2013 Hagey lecture Will be presented by it farm in Germany," says Linda me. “ historian Margaret MacMillan entitled “Choice or pelle. "Farming has been in my family Accident: The Outbreak of World War One". Sept. l for 400 years or so." ' 19. 8 pm. at the University ofWaterloo's Humani- . Laepelle Organic Farm. located at 085171839158! HageyHall. . ‘ _ ' 2296 Bleams Rd. in Petersburg. will be MacMillan lS regarded as a leading historian of participating in the 11th annual Doors the British Empire at the turn of the 20th century. l Open Waterloo Region on Sept. 21. She is an officer of the Order of Canada. a member ‘ Established by the lutzi family in of the Royal Souety of literature and a professor of 1848, the farm is still a traditional farni- history at Qxford Untverstty. . ‘ _ ly farm producing natural. wholesome In addition to numerous articles on (,anadian foods: grass-fed beef, grains. potatoes. . and world affairs. MacMillan has written several _ eggs and Vegetables The original two- award»winning books. including The Uses and . storey barn and farm house are still in Abuses of History and Paris 19l9: Six Months that l i use. Changed the World. ‘ Other sites participating in Doors The Hagey Lecture Series is cosponsored by Open Waterloo Region exemplify this the UW Faculty Association and the University of l . year's theme. Waterloo Region Modern. Waterloo. , ‘ . ’ ‘ having been built in more recent years. Admission is‘free. trio tickets are’required. Pay ‘ such as: The Mike 5. Ophelia Lazan'dis the handle Organkhrm. touted in W is one of the «mam n the and display Perkins will bendable In In! H. Quantum-Nana Centre, the University 11th ml Doors Open Waterloo Region event this Saturday. Munro For more meWDElUO" V15" uwater 100-0“ haRC‘Y' ofwaterloo Student Design Centre. and lectures/. email itigwellfiuwaterlooca or call ‘ ()penText. mones. and our chickens and pigs are consumer. Our local customers help us 51943884567! "1- 35‘58- ‘ 'High-tech companies and organic fed grain â€"â€" all grownon the farm." move away from a food system that is o i farmers. we can benefit from each Their customers come from as far heavily dependent on fuel consump~ Royal Medieval Palm l ' other." said laeppele. ”Right now I'm away as Toronto and Mississauga. said tion.‘ designing another website with some laepelle. ”They’re quite often recent Laepple. along with her husband sept. 21 at watedoo Park l body and it‘s called Adopt-alarm. immigrants fmm Fastern Europe." she Fritz and their six children. are all . .. J . _ . , We‘re doing rtowdfunding. so people said. ”They really appreciate the good involved in the day~to»day operation of l TheJSth 3T“? [:33] Med??? [amiywéafi l can adopt a project by either volun food they had grown up on. and they running the farm. raclsaokwsgl ' ro U"- ‘ pm, a " teering or givrng money. and farmers long for it. They are grandmothers who “The way we farm developed out of 00111” . i, , p . ti da si ti of yen can post their projects so we can con still know what to do with the raw a need to provide our family with d eh all: sari Id". ”l": :ef ydcondshnf‘r ‘ ‘ l nevi. People can get involved in several materials. like fermenting and all kinds healthy food in an economical way." ors.~ a ".5 on ,ilsenay ' (5):: rtalnla :elli‘lgld‘: , ways. like planting trees and shelter of things that have been lost. I hear she said while collecting a bushel of $2205. ffisgcdmusef' is?“ 00 [p )2 ald a?" ' belts. I've had a lot of people comr- out people who have tome from Russia, or Yukon Gold potatoes with her d ”'3" l ancm. at: n C c 5 ”me n to our property tell me they want to wherever, say, ‘We have never been sick daughter. Rosie oral/“1:13; pigs at?” 2; re. on 3" 50 for hildren grow their own food. but it's not pussy until we come to (Ianada. Going into Sadly. little support for organic '0' (1 Us; n ‘ ‘ l pets ’ “ L I ble because land prices have tripled the grocery store after two years. we are farmers is offered from government, a?“ n er“ s ‘t bl _ f0 'll , , l has n 1 . since we came here, We could never now mnningto the doctors” said laepple. 'l‘m involved with the thi [5 3;; sew 1:] L rd d3“ “m “l l ‘ af‘brd to buy this farm now.” The family's Site. laeppelorganicca National Farmers Union, and we ;% oadmirgi rync ‘1"? S vet 1h. I th m k Organic farming is a naturefnendlv states: ”It is a fact that this region pro recently discussed how Europe and the _ c [CV d r on ht? (li C fxld '34.): r: L ’11 way of producing food. Lacppelt- vided healthy food in abundance for ”.8. supports their farmers. but here in ex ep :3 0 {meg ant. 59'! ( l ,and my 1'“ I” explained. ”No chemical fertilizer, pox settlers and natives hundreds of years (anada. we take everything for grant; l Isfgfahijy orndetfin "9 in" ‘ an. . l se "I I ticides or herbicides are applied to out before trucks made it possible that ed.” shestiitl ":5 e in f ‘2? a, l 633‘ W "m” 'n (”’de m: Hops." she said '()ur animals are every bit of food. on average. travels (mm ml ”“1235?“ ”V" “”0”“ r" ”" raised drug free and without but more than 800 km before it reaches the (manned on m 15 WWW-“W3 m ' aireorg. - “rt-.1", Busty. : .- L 7‘ . ‘ ”:3: {fl ' i at“? '5' ‘~, is: We. 4": . * ~. ‘ '. I, ’ . $31.5? ' ;i.;;"n;r"'t‘o's . A; - 12m. l .. .- , m we we .w;;a"-m- ‘ . 5:595 ,« t L. h .. . ‘,. ‘.:?v" .r‘, . ‘ .r agony” may? .7, ‘f’;,;.‘.“' 1'. '1’ . ‘ _ a. 3mm; ' -" “We a: 3' ‘ 5 = "3‘ ‘-‘:¢§~1~:‘.' 4 his? 9 ‘ , g . if"; .. 'A . 4. ' ' . .‘ . . ' 3 if? ._.., ; «‘5» firm .