Farmers - 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...

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...

Canada’s farms not suited to 100 mile diet? by Food and Farming Canada on Oct 30, 2009It’s harvest time in Ontario – a time of bounty and plenty for lovers of local food. But where Canadian agriculture is concerned, it’s not all about buying local and the 100-mile diet, even though everyone seems to be getting in on that...

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

Alberta Pork’s H1N1 challenges, responses by Food and Farming Canada on Oct 21, 2009This post is a continuation from yesterday’s H1N1 topic that explored Alberta Pork’s experiences at the centre of the H1N1 media storm earlier this year. The information is based on a presentation I attended by Lee Funke of Torque Communications...

Inside Alberta Pork’s H1N1 war room by Food and Farming Canada on Oct 20, 2009It’s hard to imagine what it’s like to be at the centre of a media firestorm unless you’ve actually experienced it. For the staff at Alberta Pork and the communications professionals working with them, the spring of 2009 provided more first-han...

Free farm disposal program starts tomorrow by Food and Farming Canada on Oct 19, 2009Farmers can safely dispose of their obsolete pesticides, unused animal health products and used sharps at collection sites across Ontario this week. The CleanFARMS blitz program starts tomorrow and will run until October 22 as part of an Ontario gove...