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“When they feel that they can make a business out of it, that’s when they generally approach us to help them scale it up.” – Carmen Ly.
Guide Business, Marketing

‘Scale up your food ideas!’

Is the time right to take your big idea to a food development centre? Today’s commodity prices may make this the best year ever to future-proof your farm

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Reading Time: 12 minutes Could that idea that you’ve got buzzing around in the back of your head grow into a major commercial success if you took it to a food development centre? Who knows? And how much it would cost?  There’s a lot to learn about Canada’s food development centres, but the fact is, few of our farmers […] Read more
A vessel is seen arriving at Odesa in southern Ukraine under the Black Sea Grain Initiative on April 12, 2023. (Photo: Yulii Zozulia/Nurphoto via Reuters Connect)
Reuters

Ukraine’s maritime food exports fall to 4.13 mln T in August

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine’s food exports by sea and river totalled 4.13 million metric tons in August, down from 4.25 million tons in July, agriculture ministry data showed on Friday. That included 2.18 million tons of wheat, 553,732 tons of corn and 454,641 tons of barley, the data showed. Ukraine’s UGA grain traders union […] Read more
A seaport grain terminal damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes in Odesa region, Ukraine on July 19, 2023. (Photo: Ukrainian Infrastructure Ministry via Facebook/Handout via Reuters)
Reuters

Ukraine says peace summit follow-up meeting tackles food security

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine said 75 countries and international organizations have agreed a “shared vision” of measures to ensure the uninterrupted supply of Ukrainian agricultural products and help global food security, a major concern following Russia’s 2022 invasion. The presidential office said an online meeting of representatives of the countries and organizations, held as […] Read more
This was no overnight success,” Greg says. “It took us 15 years to get here.” It also took he and Cheryl learning how to combine their skills to set and achieve their goals.
Features, Guide Business

Summer Series: Pivot, and then pivot some more

[Change Management] Why would this family abandon mainline commodities, and then dig in even deeper

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Reading Time: 11 minutes Just making one of these moves would be a huge step for any farm, let alone both of them. First, the Haskett family switched their farm from hogs to goats. Then, years later, they pivoted their market strategy too, launching their own new brand. In this article, we dive deep into how the family made […] Read more

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