Today's Story
Virtual Farmers’ Market a Success
EduTransfer Design Associates and Haywire Creative
The Ottawa Valley Food Co-operative develops successful local food system.
“Although it is hard work to build a local food system, it is very rewarding,” says Christina Anderman. “A local system also helps to get more money directly into the farmers’ pockets.”
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CBC Commentary
Underfunding of plant breeding is costing us money
William Van Tassel
There is a big demand in my province these days for locally grown wheat – consumers are willing to pay a premium for artisan bread made from wheat grown in Quebec.
But flour producers can’t always source all the wheat they would like because of fusarium damage.
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Canadian Farm Manager Newsletter
The Money Issue
Profits: Making them, investing them and talking about them!
This edition of the Canadian Farm Manager is about profit – how to increase it and how to invest it. But getting farmers to talk about the P-word isn’t easy: No one wants to be seen as insensitive to the plight of those farmers who are struggling financially, reveal their personal financial situation to the world, or be seen as boasting.
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