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Stephen and Vicki Yanyk are third-generation farmers.
Country Crossroads, Hogs

‘Farm fresh’ is Oakburn couple’s slogan

Steve’s Farm Fresh Pork offers a variety of products to area consumers

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Encouraging strong roots for a better food and agriculture system for all, a young Oakburn couple operating a third-generation family farm, has diversified their operation by offering 100 per cent fresh pork from the farm gate. Steve’s Farm Fresh Pork, owned and operated by Stephen and Vicki Yanyk, offers a variety of products to Oakburn-area
New report describes ‘three-tiered’ food system operating in Canada
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New report describes ‘three-tiered’ food system operating in Canada

A University of Guelph researcher takes a close look at Canada’s evolving alternative food market

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Kelly Hodgins was selling garden produce at a B.C. farmers’ market in 2013 when she began noticing something was different about her customers. There were new faces arriving at the market. The province had introduced a new program making coupons available to lower-income families to shop B.C.’s well-established farmers’ markets. “It was kind of an
Female hands holding a vegetable
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Food production for and by consumers

A strong consumer connection can let a 
small farm be a big economic success

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Technology has significantly changed agriculture, reducing the amount of labour required to produce food. As a result there are larger farms with more acres and many more animals per farmer. This means a small percentage of farmers produce a large percentage of the total. However, this does not mean that big is the only way
Gialuca Brunori  
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Farmers’ markets drive food sector innovation

They offer valuable insights into changing consumer tastes and preferences

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While many view farmers’ markets as an enjoyable and quaint, albeit inefficient, place to buy food, few would characterize them as cutting edge. But small-scale farmers and farmers’ markets are an important source of innovation in the food system because they are a source of direct consumer feedback, Gialuca Brunori, a professor with the department
chickens
Comment/Feedback, Poultry

Which chicken, in what pot?

Supply management doesn’t fit well with speciality production and a proposed new quota program is a misstep

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Over 50 farmers gathered at the St. Norbert Community Centre on November 1 to hear Wayne Hiltz, executive director of the Manitoba Chicken Producers, present the new Annual Specialty Quota Program announced in September. The new program is designed to serve niche markets in the province with fresh Manitoba-raised chicken year round. This is done
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Developing a Canadian food advantage

Farmers and the industry need to actually demonstrate that their products are produced sustainably

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What would you guess is the single most important ingredient in modern food production? Good seeds? Rainfall? Fertilizer? The surprising answer is that around the world, the scarcest and most precious resource for producing food is trust. Luckily, Canada has natural advantages that could allow the people of the world to view us as their
Cigi CEO JoAnne Buth says Canada has an opportunity to sell more wheat.
Crops

Government should do more to support agricultural science

Agriculture needs to respond to consumer demands for more information

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The global production and demand for wheat are rising in a lockstep that leaves low carry-over stocks and an opportunity for Canadian farmers to cash in, says JoAnne Buth, CEO of the Canadian International Grains Institute. Wheat is second only to rice as a dietary staple and shows no signs of losing its consumer desirability,
Kalynn Spain, founder of Small Farms Manitoba hosted the organization’s second annual conference in Brandon on Saturday, January 23.
Country Crossroads, Local news

Small Farms Manitoba marks second anniversary

Small Farms Manitoba has a busy year ahead with a number of initiatives on the agenda, including website upgrades, strengthening industry relationships and the development of a food hub

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The founder of Small Farms Manitoba is hoping the organization can grow its membership and raise consumer awareness about locally produced foods. “Marketing yourself individually is important but we are also a community and a network and the bigger we can promote this across Manitoba, we can inform more consumers about the small-scale movement and
The CAPI report identifies consumer issues about food that include health, nutrition, food safety, sustainability, ethics, food security and reliability of supply.
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The ultimate consumers’ choice award

Significant change is needed throughout the sector to secure Canada’s future global competitiveness

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If farmers and food manufacturers want to be ranked world leaders, then they have to prove to Canadian consumers they deserve that status, says the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute. In the final report out of a process charting the industry’s future growth that began last fall, CAPI said the sector should consider setting a goal
Eating closer to home, wiser use of food helps curb the food bill
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Eating closer to home, wiser use of food helps curb the food bill

By choosing Canadian-grown food most of the time, 
we’re not as vulnerable to exchange rate increases and volatility

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Your grocery bills may be making you wince a little right now. The sticker shock could last awhile. The sinking loonie is expected to keep the price of food, particularly imported foods like fruits, vegetables and nuts high this year. A recent report out of University of Guelph’s Food Institute estimates the average Canadian household

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