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01/09/2010
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NEWARK, ON – Since taking on the role as swine herdsman on the family farm in 2006, Graham Learn has brought both a new way of looking at the business and computer technology skills to the job.
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01/08/2010
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At the top of the game in her chosen field of insurance a decade ago Linda Lewis could hardly envision living and working on a farm.
After spending three and a half years at Memorial University in St. John’s, admittedly with no clear course of study, she tackled everything from organic chemistry to calculus.
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01/07/2010
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“I was raised on the farm and agriculture has always been a part of my life,” says the 23-year-old son of Tony and Michelle Gosnell. “I’ve been a member of 4-H and Junior Farmers, which are both good for future development and growth. To some degree it’s always come naturally but family support is also important for a young farmer like me. You learn as you go and knowledge is passed down along the way.
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01/06/2010
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Twenty-one-year-old John Jobson may not have been raised on a farm but he’s become one of the most successful and hard-working new farmers in the region.
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01/05/2010
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There was always a fair amount of certainty as to whether Eric Simpson would follow in his family’s agricultural footsteps as a third generation farmer.
Yet it was two distinct and specific defining moments in the young man’s life a couple of years ago that clearly solidified that path to becoming a hard working and forward thinking young farmer.
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01/04/2010
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With no current family members involved in agriculture, Caitlin Hall wasn’t eying a farming job when she entered university.
Yet now, as she prepares for her fourth year on the land, it’s abundantly clear she has become a successful new farmer with both short and long-term plans in the agricultural world she has embraced.
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01/03/2010
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TATAMAGOUCHE, N.S. – Education and learning from an established farmer/mentor were keys to the success of second year farmer Cammie Harbottle. While the 28-year-old British Columbia native hadn’t even considered farming until she was a 20-year-old university student, she says the decision was clearly the right choice, adding “it just made sense to me to grow food for people and to be outdoors.”
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01/02/2010
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GLENCOE, ON – David McEachren admits as a young boy he had ambitions “that were all over the map” but he knew from a fairly early age he was destined to be a farmer.
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03/01/2010
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KINKORA, PEI – When you call Andrew Lawless a new farmer he sounds a little amused, suggesting there might be an additional qualifier to that description.
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