FARM CRISIS IN THE PEACE -- 1996 & 1997

In most years you can expect to see the combines in the fields in late summer all over the Peace as the hard work and the annual gamble begins to pay off. But 1996 and 1997 were, for many regional farmers, the years without crops. A Farm Crisis Committee was formed to seek help from Victoria to alleviate the worst effects of the crop failure. The local media, business people, general public and political leaders backed the farmers in their demands for some help. The Farm Crisis Committee has now disbanded, its work complete. Through the co-operation of the local MLA's office, the Peace River Block Daily News and the Peace Region Internet Society, the Farm Crisis Committee's web pages are being added to this site. The original producers of the information retain the copyrights.

FC1: 1996 Newspaper Articles

FC2: 1997 Newspaper Articles

FC3: Jack Weisgerber in Committee - discussion with Corky Evans

FC4: Jack Weisgerber, MLA discusses the Farm Crisis

FC5: First Hand Accounts by area Farmers

FC6: Crisis Highlights