A first-of-its-kind partnership between Ontario's TVO and the Dairy Farmers of Ontario has not received the warmest welcome by some of its viewers and readers. TVO is a publicly-funded educational television network and media organization operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario. Dairy Farmers of Ontario... Read More
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When Burger King launched a lemongrass and methane-filled advertisement that grossly misrepresented farming, Michelle Miller was having none of it. So, the farmer and speaker from Iowa who goes by "The Farm Babe" contacted Burger King and invited them out to her farm. The result was a new commercial and a new conversation about sustainability... Read More
This past summer, Burger King released a rather distasteful advertisement, claiming that a lemongrass feed additive would reduce the amount of methane from cow farts. The ad was changed back in July, with a resulting apology to ranchers, and a review of their feed additive study. In the latest instalment of their advertising campaign, farmer,... Read More
Statistics Canada's recent September job market data is reassuring. Overall, employment in the country increased in September, creating 378,000 jobs, the majority of which were full-time jobs. This increase in September brought our total employment to 720,000, shy of the level we had before the pandemic. Obviously, children being back to school has helped bring... Read More
The federal government has stepped in to top up provincial funding for workplace health and safety measures on-farm in Ontario. Agriculture and Agri-Food minister Marie-Claude Bibeau previously announced $35 million for a federally-administered program, and this week, announced $11.6 million for the Ontario version — the Enhanced Agri-food Workplace Protection Program (EAWPP). Originally announced in... Read More
The annual Harvest Gala put on by Farm & Food Care Ontario has become an at-home event for 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Known for being a sparkly gathering of Ontario agriculture, the Harvest Gala event honours the year's Farm & Food Champion, and features a fundraiser. This year's event will run on November 14th,... Read More
A team of researchers at the University of Guelph are studying why Canadian baristas sometimes have problems foaming milk for their customers' lattes, and it starts with on-farm milk handling. Dr. David Kelton, Dairy Farmers of Ontario Dairy Cattle Health Research Chair, graduate student Hannah Woodhouse, and animal bioscience undergraduate student Mikayla Ringelberg are studying... Read More
Jeff Nonay is a busy guy. He's the owner of Lakeside Dairy just outside of Edmonton, Alta., that has value-added processes that go above and beyond the norm. It's not only a dairy, but also a grain and potato operation, plus there's a direct-marketing beef business and a cheese-making facility on-farm. What does it take... Read More
It appears that Eastern Canada is headed for a second wave of COVID-19, and if Western Canada isn't careful, it could face one too. The pandemic has had a large impact on the meat processing industry, and in order to avoid a second wave and the subsequent potential disruption to the meat supply chain, industry... Read More
We don't often get to talk about the end of a supply chain here at RealAgriculture; telling all sides of a story is important to us — and so, we present a conversation about the restaurant industry with Marcel Blais, president of Chop Steakhouse & Bar. Don’t miss the RealAg LIVE! segment most Tuesday, Wednesday,... Read More