| Farmers sometimes get a little upset at how their livelihoods are depicted in urban media and on the Internet. They feel their side of the story isn’t being told, which leads consumers to have unfair or incomplete notions of food and farming. For the most part, farmers are too busy farming and often, activist groups are leading sources for journalists – because they’re available, accessible and eager to tell their tale. Continue reading Upcoming presentation to focus on agriculture and activists  At any given point, there are more animals on the move in Canada than most of us realize.
Livestock – like cattle, sheep and pigs – travel our highways as they move from farm to farm or when they are sent to market. And because our food and farming sector is dealing with the same consolidation issues as many other industries across North America, these animals are spending more and more time on the road to get to where they are going. Continue reading Taking care of animals on the road 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 past couple of years. Our aim is to help up and coming young chefs understand where their food comes from – and the care and work that has gone into growing it and getting it into their kitchens. It also lets them meet farmers face to face and ask any questions they might have about things they’ve heard, read or always wondered about.
Continue reading Hello chefs-to-be, meet your food 
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.
Continue reading Talking tomatoes  We’ve probably all heard or read the urban myth about Kentucky Fried Chicken – chickens raised in dark cages with bodies so large their legs can’t support them. Or even worse, the meat doesn’t actually come from birds but is somehow grown due to the magic of science.
The truth couldn’t be more different or less shocking.
Continue reading The true story of KFC chickens  Ottawa area foodies – media, chefs, instructors and home economists – had a chance to get a first hand glimpse into food production and agriculture as they visited two local farms yesterday.
The tour was hosted jointly by AGCare and our sister group, the Ontario Farm Animal Council, and attracted about 20 participants.
Continue reading Foodies on farm tour  A face familiar to Ontario agriculture is the new president of the Eastern Canada Farm Writers Association (ECFWA). Kelly Daynard, Program Manager and Communications Specialist with the Ontario Farm Animal Council, assumed the helm of ECFWA at its annual general meeting yesterday in Cambridge following a three year term as First Vice President. She took over from outgoing President Lilian Schaer, Executive Director of AGCare, who led the organization for the past three years.
Continue reading Farm writers elect president
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