Have Farmers Failed to Tell Their Story?
Agriculture is in the news in a major way these days. While just a couple of months ago, the big story in agriculture was mass hunger and even starvation due…
Category: Advocacy
Do Farmers Really Need Nitrogen Fertilizer?
As we hear more and more about agriculture’s contributions to climate change, a lot of people are wondering why farmers can’t just stop using fertilizer. Some link the need for…
Telling the Story of Canadian Durum across the Atlantic Ocean
Have you ever heard of new crop missions? Probably not. Most farmers I’ve talked to over the past couple of months have never heard of them. But they are a…
Why We Can Feed 10 Billion People – and Beyond
“Take it to the farmer.” Borlaug’s words could not be more true; give farmers the tools they need to succeed, and they will.
Sustainable Farming – A Video
For most farmers, sustainability is more than just maintaining things as they are – it’s making things better. It’s passing on our land to the next generation in better shape…
The Truth of the Monsanto Papers
Everything we have, and everything we can achieve, is because of science. This decision by Health Canada reaffirms the crucial importance of the scientific method.
Does Glyphosate Cause Cancer?
Glyphosate and cancer. This is something we are hearing so much about, seemingly all of the sudden, with major stories breaking in the last week. Just last Friday, a court…
Why I Decided To Run For SaskWheat
This week, many Saskatchewan farmers saw a yellow envelope appear in their mail. The SaskWheat election has started in full. It was almost six weeks ago that I announced my…
A Year in the Life of a Farmer 