It’s Time to Have a Mature Discussion About Water Management
No, it’s not drainage. Not really. Water management is far more than draining a few sloughs onto your neighbours. What is the most important resource for our crops? Fertilizer? Crop…
Tag: Agriculture
Food Security Must Trump Environmental Goals
It’s time to change our priorities. Improving and protecting the environment is a worthy goal worth pursuing, but not at the expense of food security.
Does Agriculture Have a Looming Labour Crisis?
I’ve always been a farmer. I grew up steps away from where I live now, near the village of Fillmore in southeastern Saskatchewan. My grandparents acquired a 640-acre property in…
Farm to Fork is a Colossal Catastrophe
Farm to Fork is not something to emulate or admire. When I was young, agriculture was not a common news story. The times that ag was mentioned in the news…
Don’t Tell Farmers How to Farm – A Podcast
In my experience in generating innovation on the farm I operate with my family, the answer is none of the above. The answer is to leave it to farmers.
Does The Earth Have Too Many People?
There’s just not enough to go around. Mass depletion, and eventual elimination, of resources seems inevitable for a species that just can’t seem to ever have enough. We consume everything…
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…
My Experience Attending Table For Twenty
On July 5th, I was invited to attend an event called “Table For Twenty”, a celebration of twenty years of biotechnology in crops. Too often, we spend our time defending…