One notes that Alberta Agriculture is holding seminars about how to get into farming.
The Canadian government has signed on to a new trade deal and as expected the federal government are predicting vast new markets.
Game farming may be the only answer. When Canadians think about caribou at all, they envision the vast herds of countless thousands that...
Back in 2006 I wrote a column about a scientific study being done by a University of Calgary professor.
Most consumers are vaguely aware that in North America we enjoy the cheapest most abundant food supply in the world.
Quick - do you know the words to the official provincial song of Alberta?
In the previous column I stated that abandoned railway lines make excellent trails - they can be changed over without a lot effort.
Some readers might recall back in 1992 a federal government entity called the Trans Canada Trail (TCT) was created.
The federal election is only a few weeks old and promises are being pronounced by every political party.
Two perennial issues that are never-ending concerns with agricultural producers are the weather and safety net income support programs.
After a long drawn-out process, the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) is finally part of prairie history.
It's a long shot but maybe Canada should revisit the concept of exporting water to parched areas of the USA.
There was some inevitability to the recent government decision to move forward on Alberta Farmworkers Rights.
There was a time when large bands of sheep grazed the high alpine ranges in BC’s Okanagan and North Thompson regions.
Whenever one hears about another ag industry study being released one tends to approach it with some cynicism.
A recent announcement by a new player in the grain business has received positive response from industry stakeholders.
For those of us long in the tooth seeing old issues and schemes coming back is part of the march of time.
One is amazed what comes to light with research on controversial issues of the day.
...... but it's a calculated move on both sides, as seen with anti-oilsands and anti-Alberta lobby groups in BC.
...eating or drinking them might be the answer to the dandelion problem.