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Owen Roberts
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Farms are a business, and that’s the bottom line
Consumers, environmentalists and some others might have wanted to hear the president of Ontario’s largest general farm organization, Bette Jean Crews, say the likes of food safety or clean water were farmers’ top priority. But rather, in her annual outlook … Continue reading
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Knife skills needed for this job
The Ontario Independent Meat Processors are trying to figure out ways to head off a shortage of butchers and others with what they call “knife skills.” Butchering is a trade that still cannot be performed mechanically, and nearly three-quarters of … Continue reading
New partnership for SPARK co-op students, federal ag department
The New Year started with a new agricultural communications partnership between SPARK, the University of Guelph co-operative education office, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Vanessa Perkins, a third-year psychology co-op student from Newmarket, served a co-op term with SPARK in … Continue reading
