Savour The Life

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Published: March 30, 2009

One of Canada’s leading food-meets-farm voices tells us her own recipe for business success

At first, CJ Katz sounds impressed with Saskatchewan agriculture. But why, she wonders, won’t the province do even more to impress her?

She’ll be happy to pay.

“We have a lot of interesting things going on here,” Katz says. She cites bison as a prime example, saying, “Game is something we do really well.” Then she talks about some of the specialty crops, things such as mustard, fenugreek, and coriander. “Saskatchewan is a goldmine of little gems like that,” she says.

There’s wheat too, of course — but that brings up something that troubles her. Despite all the wheat grown in the province, it’s hard for her to find locally

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Steven Biggs

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Steven Biggs is an author, writer, and speaker who shares stories from the food chain. Find him at stevenbiggs.ca.

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