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Selling into sustainability supply chains

Customers are asking for sustainably-produced food, so some food companies are sourcing some ingredients from producers who follow sustainable production practices.

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Disruption distraction

Online shopping disrupted the economics of bricks and mortar stores. Uber disrupted the taxi business. We had a neighbour who used to sell the World Book encyclopedia. She doesn’t do that anymore because Google and Wikipedia disrupted – actually killed – the reference books business. Inspired by a tech presentation at the Bayer Agronomy Summit,...

The Alberta Canola Producers Commission is seeking canola growers to serve as directors on the board of directors for a three-year term. This year, five directors are needed in regions 1, 4, 7, 10 and 12. Alberta Canola divides Alberta into 12 regions, with each region electing a producer director to represent the canola growers...

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In 2016, SaskCanola launched the 30-minute documentary License to Farm, to highlight the facts behind common misconceptions about agriculture production in Canada. The goal of this documentary is to inspire producers to engage in more conversations about food, build trust with their urban neighbours, and protect their social license to farm. Since the film launched,...