TAKING YOUR RIGHTS AWAY, ONE ACRE AT A TIME

It’s their land and their trees but they can’t cut them down. So, two Huron County farmers plan to appeal a Normal Farm Practices Protection Board decision preventing them from cutting their own trees. The farmers say this decision could have an impact on other farmers across the province.

“What the government is doing, they’re just rezoning left, right and centre,” said Terry Brake, who is growing exotic fruit in greenhouses in North Huron in Western Ontario. “Farmers are fed up with it. We’ve told farmers you have to stand up for your rights.”