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VIDEO: Data needed to help Ontario lamb reach potential

Setting the right price for the grocery shelf
Canada’s grocery stores are eager for more producers to fill their shelves with great straight-from-the-farm products. To win, though, you’ve got to price them right

The sustainability conundrum
In the Western world at least, there’s a big demand for ‘sustainably sourced’ products. What that means, or receiving a premium for them, is another matter

Greig: Food fraud a challenge to whole food supply chain

Uber-stores for food
Businesses like Marcia Woods’ FreshSpoke are figuring out how to connect Canadian farmers with the consumers looking for ways to buy from them

What do your customers care about?
Check out the mainstream books, films and other media that are shaping what consumers think about what you do

A market for non-GMO corn
Consumer demand is having a larger impact on what and how farmers may grow

Selling farm-direct to consumers
Small, direct-market farmers are building better business cases for their farms. But will business smarts be enough?

The GMO debate is far from over
The labelling issue is more about perceived risk or benefit than it is about science

Is it time to drop the term ‘commercial farmer?’
When you call yourself a commercial farmer, consumers may hear ‘factory farm’
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