There are days when I really love my job. And today was one of them.
I was in Vineland, Ontario today as part of a series of spokesperson training sessions that my organization, AGCare, has been hosting together with the Ontario Farm Animal Council and our facilitator, media guru Wallace Pidgeon of Brick and Ball [...]
We’ve got another farm tour coming up this week with young culinary students, this time from Sir Sanford Fleming College in Peterborough. The focus this time will be on chicken production and apple farming.
This tour is the last in a series that AGCare and the Ontario Farm Animal Council (OFAC) have been running for the [...]
A tomato is a tomato, right? Well, yes, but also definitely no says a Leamington area greenhouse grower. Dean Tiessen of Pyramid Farms introduced a group of budding chefs to the breadth and depth of tomatoes on a recent tour of his farm by St. Clair College culinary students.
People and innovation.
Those are the keys to running a successful farming business, says grower Gerry Rochon. The Edwards ON-area farmer recently hosted Ottawa area food writers and home economists on his farm as part of ongoing efforts by AGCare and the Ontario Farm Animal Council to debunk myths related to food and farming.
Guelph Mercury, August 01, 2008
Lilian Schaer
The global food crisis is starting to hit home. Even here in Ontario where a strong farming sector produces an abundance of top quality food and exports much of it to other countries, higher food prices are becoming a fact of life.
The growth of renewable fuels — especially ethanol whose [...]
The following editorial was published in the Waterloo Region Record on Friday August 1.
Farmers doing more than their fair share for the environment
August 01, 2008
Lilian Schaer
Food and farming are never far from the collective consciousness of Waterloo Region. After all, we’re home to one of the most diverse agricultural areas in the province and our [...]
The following editorial was published in the Guelph Mercury as a guest column July 18, 2008:
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/356131
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Our provincial government recently announced four million dollars of funding to put more Ontario food on our tables by supporting farmers markets and roadside produce stands. As a consumer in this era of food safety scares, environmental concerns and escalating [...]
