Although I’ve been home from the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) congress for close to a week, I’m still getting caught up on posts as I finish working my way through the last couple of days of the event. This next one is making me hungry just thinking about it – must be because [...]
We have known since we arrived in Austria that we might have some difficulties getting home from the IFAJ congress because of some bad flight scheduling on our part – inadvertent but still our fault.
But neither Kelly nor I had any idea of how hard it is to get there from here, or that [...]
For me, pumpkin is indelibly linked to that sure-fire sign of fall, pie.
But here in the Styrian region of Austria, pie is the furthest thing from their minds and pumpkin production is booming.
Much of Austria is covered in pastoral mountainside fields – beautifully scenic but largely unsuited for agriculture.
But in the mountainous northern regions of the Austrian province of Styria, some entrepreneurial farmers are not only making a living by farming on the alpine pastures, they’re also revitalizing rural communities and keeping ancient traditions alive.
It was an all-too-familiar tune and one that most in the international audience could strongly relate to.
The President of the Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry for Styria (one of Austria’s nine provinces), Gerhard Wlodkowski, talked to us about his organization’s activities last night – and chief among them was raising public awareness about how [...]
The great European IFAJ adventure of 2008 started off with a bipartisan meeting of Canada and the United States in Paris.
My fellow Canadian travelers, Kelly Daynard and Kim Waalderbos, and I decided not to miss the opportunity to spend a few days in Paris while making our way to Austria for the start of [...]
It’s been almost a year since this blog started – coincidentally around the time I was lucky enough to be able to attend the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) congress in Japan.
This year’s event will be hosted jointly by Austria and Slovenia, September 10-14. To get in on the action, neighboring Slovakia is hosting [...]
