New Canadians can carry highly diverse emotional experiences with food, a communication with them needs to take that into account.
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Respecting new Canadians’ diverse food history
New Canadians can carry highly diverse emotional experiences with food
Helping city people reconnect with the farm
Agritourism operators like John Penner are a growing link between rural and urban
Ask John Penner what he considers his mission in life and he’ll say he’s a middleman between farmers and city folk. What he wants to do is help urbanites disconnected from the farm understand where their food comes from. “I want them to know that an egg comes from a chicken, not Safeway, that pumpkins
Local food demand increasing the value of direct marketing
The Direct Farm Marketing Conference marks its 20th anniversary at its meeting in Brandon
Forget the stereotype of the elderly farmer selling some garden surplus or a few jars of homemade pickles at the Saturday morning farmers’ market. Vendors selling homegrown vegetables, preserves and meat today are just as likely to be their energetic and technically savvy grandkids — or at least their age. Their small businesses aren’t just
Farmers are a tourist draw, experts say
Conference explores opportunities, best practices in agri-tourism What’s the main attraction on a farm these days? If you’re a kid, it might be patting the puppies or jumping off a stack of bales. But meeting ‘a real farmer’ can be a special moment, too. That’s the case at the Meandher Creek Pumpkin Patch, a transformed
Rural tourism association seeks members
Agri-tourism is growing in Manitoba and a new organization hopes it can grow with it. At just over a dozen members, the Manitoba Rural Tourism Association sees an opportunity to tap into the hundreds of farm hosts now taking part in events like Open Farm Day and the annual Direct Farm Marketing conference, said the
Manitobans visit farms for third annual Open Farm Day
A day with the public continues to reap hands-on learning, farm product sales, and positive feedback from visitors and participating farm owners
Cars lined driveways and filled up farmyards last Sunday as Manitobans ventured out for another Open Farm Day. This is the third year the province has hosted the day to encourage ordinary Manitobans to get out and visit participating working farms and agritourism ventures. Fifty-one locations were listed in the 2012 guide, including many playingSecond Open Farm Day Planned For 2011
Manitoba farmers and the province are gearing up to host another Open Farm Day September 18 and this year promotions are starting early. Last year, nearly 4,000 people descended on 35 participating farms for a September farm show-and-tell event for which publicity only started earlier that month. This year the invitation to Manitoba’s farms will
First Open Farm Day A Success, More To Come
Last September’s first-ever Open Farm Day in Mani toba was an astounding success with more than 4,000 people, mostly from urban centres, visiting the 37 farms that participated. As a result, Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives has decided to make it an annual event, MAFRI agritourism specialist Susan Nicoll told an Ag Days seminar
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