The reception allowed visitors a view of the South Saskatchewan River and to taste locally-sourced food from Hearth restaurant.

AIM inaugural international reception draws a crowd

Reading Time: < 1 minute This year, Ag in Motion established a council to meet the needs of their international visitors, and Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) decided to take things a step further. On the second night of AIM, STEP held the inaugural International Reception, open to all international visitors, STEP members, and non-member Saskatchewan importers and exporters to create connections.













Terry Lerat at Indigenous Producers Panel, AIM 2024. Photo: Ed White

First Nations should demand at-market lease rates: Lerat

Reading Time: 2 minutes First Nations need to stop leasing out their land to non-Indigenous farmers for below-market prices, says farmer and band councillor Terry Lerat of Cowessess First Nation in south-central Saskatchewan. Instead, bands should be getting every penny they can for the farmland they own and using that money to get themselves back into farming.