Reading Time: 4 minutes Working with family can be difficult, but successful sibling agricultural operations seem to leverage the unique advantages of their relationships to create growth for their farms.
The Secret Sauce of Sibling Run Farms
Sibling business partnerships can offer a farm business unique advantages
Tips for how to be fair to all siblings during farm succession
This six-part series explores the challenges of sibling conflict and the effect it can have on the farm
Reading Time: 4 minutes Siblings often have differing visions for the farm’s future. This article offers tips for navigating this sticky situation.
Risk management for the farm means considering people, too
The idea of human-centred risk management for family-owned farm operations might not be well known — but it should be
Reading Time: 5 minutes Wheat fields in New Brunswick, Canada.
Employment Agreements Can Help Protect Your Farm
Entering into employment agreements with each of your farm employees should be at the top of every farm’s “to do” list, but caution must be exercised
Reading Time: 3 minutes Entering into employment agreements with each of your farm employees should be at the top of every farm’s “to do” list, but caution must be exercised.
Exploring Harvest Safety
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kristin Hoffman of WSPS explains measures for increased farm safety around harvest season
A new spin on farm legacy
Farms are starting to think differently about the future. What does this mean for the next generation?
Reading Time: 3 minutes What does farm legacy look like for the next generation.
Rural health co-ops give a boost to Quebec’s struggling health care system
An old health care model made new again is offering quicker access to some services in an overloaded system
Reading Time: 6 minutes Health care co-ops offer services to Quebec’s rural residents. Photo credit: Co-op Ici Santé
Will investments in defence benefit Canadian agriculture?
A bump in Canada’s NATO spending commitments could lead to infrastructure investments that would benefit rural areas
Reading Time: 7 minutes A bump in Canada’s NATO spending commitments could lead to infrastructure investments that would benefit rural areas
Space and grace from season to season
Summer Series: In the final instalment of this five-part series, we find out how Kristen Raney wraps up the busy season at her Saskatchewan flower farm
Reading Time: 4 minutes After a whirlwind season, Kristen Raney, owner of Shifting Blooms flower farm in Clavet, Sask., is getting ready to shut down her farm stand and wrap up the 2025 wedding and market season. Thanksgiving weekend and the first frost of the season spell the end for her roadside garden stand and flower gardens, but Christmas […] Read more
How salmon farming transformed a remote First Nations community
How salmon farming transformed a remote First Nations community
Reading Time: 7 minutes Salmon farming at Kitasoo Xai’xais territory, BC.
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