Reading Time: 3 minutes Linked closely with the sense of taste, your sense of smell often gets taken for granted. In general, a quarter of the population have a poor sense of taste, half have an average or normal sense of taste, and a quarter are considered “super” tasters. Our ability to smell mirrors this distribution, although one to […] Read more
Guide Health: Don’t take your sense of smell for granted
Our brains are able to recognize over 10,000 smells, if we keep our olfactory system healthy
Not your same old board
Today’s farming is increasingly sophisticated. Now its boards are too, which is good news all around
Reading Time: 5 minutes Agricultural boards are under pressure. They can no longer do business the way they always used to, says Rob Black, chief executive officer at the Rural Ontario Institute, a charitable organization in Guelph, Ont. that helps build leadership skills. This time, though, the pressure is coming from their farmers, and especially from the farmers they […] Read more
Guide HR: Are you stressed?
Reading Time: 3 minutes We’ve studied stress in the workplace for years to try to mitigate it. Organizations like Forbes and Careercast have even published their Top 10 lists of the most stressful jobs. The careers on these lists include firefighters, police, airline pilots, and surgeons, which makes sense because people in these jobs after all are responsible for […] Read more
Guide Health: Is it really dementia?
Too often we put off getting our forgetfulness checked out, but it may not be Alzheimer’s
Reading Time: 3 minutes Dementia is a chronic and progressive deterioration of mental capacity, and you have probably heard of Alzheimer’s disease, its most common form. In Canada, about 15 per cent of people 65-plus years old are affected, and with the growth of this age group, the numbers of people affected are sure to increase. Dementia is not […] Read more
Guide Health: Vital first aid for your first aid kits
Choose a day and make it your deadline every year to check all your first aid kits
Reading Time: 3 minutes Because most of us never really plan on needing them, it’s very easy not to think about that dusty box behind your workbench or the one stowed away in the tractor. Giving your first aid kits just a bit of attention, however, can help make sure your kit does its job if and when you […] Read more
Guide HR: How to become a credible leader
Reading Time: 3 minutes Credibility is priceless when you need to influence your partners, advisers, employees, or anyone else around you. But what makes you credible? And why are some people perceived as credible while others aren’t? More importantly, can you grow your credibility? If so, how? It’s a critical issue, because even if you have all the skills, […] Read more
The Millennial myth
It turns out the Boomers and Millennials aren’t so different, and they can form great teams
Reading Time: 4 minutes Every day we hear complaints about young people. We complain that they have a sense of entitlement. They aren’t motivated. They don’t have any loyalty to their employers… Not surprisingly, dozens of articles and books have also been written on how to reduce conflict between the generations. But are we making too much of generational […] Read more
Guide HR: Have you caught affluenza?
Your desire for ‘more’ can become an addiction, and all bad things that come from addictions can soon follow
Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you always want more stuff, more land, more money, or more status? Do feel constantly unsatisfied and envious of others? Are you overburdened, and do you suffer from anxiety? If so, you may have contracted affluenza. This term comes from two words: affluence and influenza. It’s a painful and contagious disease that is transmitted […] Read more
Time to get cooking
These farm groups are building lifelong customers by teaching kids how to help themselves in the kitchen
Reading Time: 4 minutes For more and more of today’s kids, basic cooking skills are a lost art. With two parents working non-stop and with a full slate of after-school activities for the kids, families are eating more prepared meals or picking up food on the go. Mary Carver, food literacy specialist at the Ontario Home Economists Association (OHEA) […] Read more
Guide Health: Should you take non-prescription codeine?
Codeine isn’t actually a good pain reliever. Non-drug therapies are often better
Reading Time: 2 minutes The majority of narcotic drugs can only be obtained by seeing your doctor and getting a prescription. However, one class of codeine-containing drugs can be purchased without a prescription. These are known as exempted codeine products, and you need to ask your pharmacist for them because they are all kept behind the pharmacy counter in […] Read more
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