Agricultural Societies Should Help with Public Awareness

The federal government has agreed to give $1.3 million dollars to educate the public about agriculture’s contributions. As a farmer, I suppose that I should be thanking the government for this generous gift but I’m somewhat confused. Having been very actively involved with the Grand River Agricultural Society (formerly the Woolwich Agricultural Society), [...]

The Millennial Generation

I saw a segment on last week’s edition of Sixty Minutes about the ‘Millennial Generation’. I have two children that are members of this group (defined as individuals born after 1984), but fortunately my kids don’t have the characteristics of this generalized group. I find it odd that when I was making the [...]

Maybe there are too many farmers

As a result of being a student in the University of Guelph’s Online Agricultural Communications Program, I am a participant in many online discussions with classmates, instructors and guest instructors who are experts in their field. Some of the experts are self-proclaimed ‘city slickers’. I find it fascinating to ‘listen’ to them and [...]