Can Oprah Help Agricorp?

I read a recent article from CKNX radio’s website that stated the Provincial Agricultural Minister has asked the Auditor General to examine Agricorp’s services and procedures.  I laughed when I read this because I recently had an interesting experience with Agricorp.  I received three separate $100 invoices from Agricorp for each of our farm’s three [...]

The Role of the Agricultural Fair

In early March, the Canadian federal government announced a half million dollar grant to conduct a study in an attempt to improve Canada’s agricultural fairs and exhibitions. 
Here is another example of my taxpayer dollars being spent (wasted?) on yet another study.  Does it take a new study to evaluate today’s fairs and exhibitions?  I’m [...]

Making the Agriculture Connection with ‘Pizza Perfect’

One of the issues facing agriculture today is the fact that the vast majority of consumers don’t understand agriculture – at all.  Communicating the challenges that farmers face on a daily basis can now be added to ever-growing farmers’ challenges list.  The Grand River Agricultural Society (www.grandriveragsociety.com) is trying to help with the communication with [...]

“A New Earth” and some old questions

Okay folks- As promised, I checked out Oprah’s online book discussion on “A New Earth – Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose” and I wasn’t disappointed.  The author, Eckhart Tolle, joined Oprah and answered questions from viewers’ emails as well as through Skype connections.  Unfortunately, since I live in the sticks, I wasn’t able to connect [...]

All it may take is a little spit

The main purpose for my recent visit to Indiana was to visit with my parents.  Both in their eighth decade, they are retired school teachers and farmers.  During my childhood, my mother was a captive of the farm – that is she did not have her driver’s license.  Once a week, my father would take [...]

Bartholomew County, Indiana Rural Youth Reunion

I recently went home to Indiana to visit family and friends and as luck would have it, there was a reunion of Bartholomew County Indiana Rural Youth members.  As described in my blog section about the author, Indiana Rural Youth played a pivotal role in my life – the role of matchmaker.  And since I [...]