Agriculture - Blogs & Blog Posts

Presenting modern agriculture by Food and Farming Canada on Nov 4, 2009Here’s a great blog post about modern agriculture and bridging the gap between farmers and consumers. It’s written by Australian journalist Pip Courtney of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (the Aussie equivalent of the CBC here in...

I got a beef by Dana McCauley's Food Writer's Diary on Nov 4, 2009Let’s make today “hug a butcher day” – and I don’t mean that high school dropout kid who works at the local grocery store wrapping up the meat that arrives pre-cut and ready to hit the shelf. I mean a real butcher. Someone who knows how...

Putting a face to farming by Food and Farming Canada on Nov 3, 2009We all eat but most of us likely give it little thought beyond worrying about calories or fat content. We certainly aren’t likely to spend a lot of time thinking about who grew that food and the work that someone somewhere put into producing it...

Topline Trends Tuesday: Crystals, cow horns and moon beams – biodynamics defined by Dana McCauley's Food Writer's Diary on Oct 27, 2009Even if they can’t recite technical definitions of words such as organic and all-natural, most people have a strong sense of what these terms mean. However, when it comes to biodynamics, I doubt there are very many Canadians who can confidently spo...

Commencement date for Australia - NZ and ASEAN FTA confirmed by Trade Lawyers Blog on Oct 26, 2009According to a media release of 25 October 2009 from the Australian Trade Minister, it has been...

Farm animal welfare blog launched by Food and Farming Canada on Oct 22, 2009...

Using social media in agriculture by Food and Farming Canada on Sep 29, 2009I spent the day in Saskatoon today with reporters and editors from the Western Producer. Once a year, they all gather together for a staff conference – and today, I was on the agenda to do an introduction to social media. I am generally quite i...