Reading Time: 2 minutes The Federal and Manitoba governments have thrown their weight behind development of a facility touted to become Canada’s pre-eminent resource for field crop research. “A great deal of our agriculture industry’s success comes from research and skill development,” said federal ag minister Marie-Claude Bibeau in a news release, Tuesday. Bibeau and Derek Johnson, Manitoba’s minister […] Read more
Feds, Manitoba pledge $6.4M to ag research facility
The new facility will modernize crop and soil research and training at the University of Manitoba
AgScape continues to evolve and thrive in the classroom
Organization continues successful reach into school boards across Ontario
Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – AgScape grew from strength to strength throughout the pandemic, and its trajectory continues to climb. “After so many years of work and assembling a group of talented individuals, we’re being recognized as experts in the field of agriculture and food education,” said Kathryn Doan, AgScape board chair, at the provincial agri-food education […] Read more
Searching for farm improvement? Try online learning
The internet adds more mid-career education choices for your business
Reading Time: 5 minutes One drawback to living on a farm is that unless the farm is within easy driving distance of a major centre — and most aren’t — it can be tough to access post-secondary education and farm at the same time. Over the last few decades, however, the internet has changed everything by bringing educational programs […] Read more
Transforming the house
Business thinking is helping lead the way to a new era of world-class Indigenous agriculture in Canada. But how do we eliminate the remaining barriers?
Reading Time: 14 minutes The story of the Opaskwayak Smart Farm at Opaskwayak Cree Nation in The Pas, Man., starts with an improbable rescue. It was 2013. A group of hunters from OCN were way out in the bush when they stumbled upon a car stuck in the mud on a remote dirt road. The car belonged to a […] Read more
Time for school?
Could an MBA or an advanced business program be worth squeezing into your schedule? Country Guide asked two recent graduates
Reading Time: 6 minutes Andrew Lovell and Andrea McKenna have a lot in common. They’re both farmers on Canada’s East Coast — Lovell in New Brunswick and McKenna on P.E.I. — and they’re both insanely busy. When Country Guide first reached Lovell, for instance, he hopped off his tractor and continued doing chores wearing a hands-free headset to keep […] Read more
City-bred farm workers
Is your next employee working today on an urban farm in Toronto?
Reading Time: 5 minutes In cities like Vancouver and Toronto, urban farms are creating a new pathway for the next generation of Canada’s farmers and farm workers, whether these young people see themselves destined for city or, indeed, rural operations. Toronto Urban Growers (TUG), a non-profit network that connects growers and facilitates knowledge sharing between them, will work with […] Read more
Multiple choice(s) for an ag education
Finding the best way to integrate business studies with farm skills is becoming an educational must
Reading Time: 7 minutes It takes a ton of skilled farmers — and workers — to manage Canada’s 40 million acres of grains, 25 million acres of oilseeds, 14 million hogs and 12 million cattle. And, increasingly, that means not just time in the field and barn, but also in the office, in the meeting room and on the […] Read more
Six questions to ask when choosing a post-secondary program
Reading Time: 2 minutes Some students have their post-secondary education plans mapped out early, with an eye to a specific major, degree or institution. Others are less sure about the next steps. Before choosing a program, consider these six questions: What are your career goals? If you want to return to the family farm to manage crop production or […] Read more
Editor’s Note: A different start for a different world
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada’s agricultural colleges and universities deserve loud praise for the energy they have poured into re-imagining post-secondary ag education. But not everything is new. In fact, the whole farm education sector has responded impressively at a time when it must seem that everything is in constant change. Technology has changed how programs can be delivered, […] Read more
The class of COVID
These three new graduates are as passionate as ever, and even more resilient
Reading Time: 3 minutes In Canada’s colleges and universities, the last two years have seen unprecedented challenges coupled with myriad struggles to convert to virtual teaching. Few programs have been more impacted than agriculture, which relies on such an intense combination of classroom, lab, and field and barn training. But was there a silver lining from “COVID-19?” According to […] Read more
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