Local buying clubs take the burden of direct marketing off the shoulders of small farm operators
4-H Canada is urging supporters of the program to consider a donation to help secure the program for its next century
4-H Canada is asking supporters of the Canadian youth program to help raise $100,000 in recognition of the 100th year of 4-H in Canada being celebrated in 2013. The program’s national legacy fundraising campaign encourages $100 donations toward improving and expanding 4-H programs across Canada for future generations. “We’re creating a legacy fund to embraceWith no funding for an executive director and a shortage of volunteers, the association in danger of folding, says its outgoing chair
The room fell quiet as outgoing chair Jennifer Morrison made her plea “not to let this organization fold” to the 40 people attending the recent annual meeting of the Farmers’ Markets Association of Manitoba Co-op Inc. “We need support from the membership,” said Morrison. “We can’t run this organization on a small volunteer board.” ButSpeakers at Canada Grains Council say too many farmers have forgotten that high prices eventually fall
Watch out! The five-year run of high grain prices is going to end — possibly sooner than later — and those producers who are in denial could be in for a painful reckoning, attendees at the recent Canada Grains Council annual meeting were warned. “There is a lot of optimism out there and a lotDennis Stephens has worked in the grain industry for 50 years as a reporter, grain industry official, and assistant deputy minister of agriculture
After a 50-year career in agriculture, they were lining up to praise — and gently rib — Dennis Stephens at the recent Canada Grains Council annual meeting. “Dennis is first and foremost a journalist with a passion for detail,” said Will Hill, president of Flax Council of Canada. Not to mention one with an appetite
