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Anatomy of a quarry fight
Written by Toronto Star   
Jan. 4, 2012 – Melancthon, Ont. — Here in Melancthon, farmers love the land so much they etch pictures of their homesteads on family gravestones.
Quarry Fight
 

Video: Locals react to megaquarry

Melancthon residents - the mayor, farmers, residents -share their opinions on the proposed megaquarry that threatens the area's agricultural industry. Photo from TheStar.com


 

When they die in this township — an idyllic stretch of rolling farmlands that juts out of Shelburne, just north of Orangeville — they are buried with a handful of the rich soil in their caskets. | READ MORE