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Wanted: Village CEO

Here’s an interesting socio-economic experiment … what would you do with an entire village?
“How much is an entire village in the English countryside worth on the open market?  The charitable trust that owns Linkenholt in Hampshire, southern England is about to find out.  The Herbert and Peter Blagrave Charitable Trust has decided to invest its [...]

Agriculture at the Crossroads

Today, the Canada West Foundation released a new research paper titled Prairie Agriculture at the Crossroads:  Time for a New Policy.
The central argument being …
” … Canadian agriculture in general, and prairie agriculture in particular, must benefit from a policy that escapes its ‘depression era’ focus.  Policy must evolve from an income support system that resembles [...]

On Funders

Funders fund their own mandate, not yours.  And therein lies the challenge.
While I’m working at a fortunate time … there are now more funding streams available to not-for-profit activities and projects than ever before … there are also some pretty tight strings attached to said funds, forcing many organizations to try and make a square peg [...]

You Know Times are Tough When …

Talk about throwing away a valuable brand asset …
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March 10, 2009
Real-life ‘Cheers’ bartender gets laid off
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOSTON – Eddie Doyle was the guy who really did know everybody’s name.
But after tending bar for 35 years at the Boston tavern that inspired the television chow “Cheers,” Doyle has been laid off.
The bar’s owner says [...]

The Benefits of Farmland Preservation

Take a look at these recently released statistics …

Farm population and total population by rural and urban population, by province (2001 and 2006 Census of Agriculture and Census of Population)
(Canada)

 
2001
2006
2001 to 2006

 
Number
% Change

Canada
 
 
 

Total number of farms
246,923
229,373
-7.1

 
 
 
 

Total farm population1
729,405
684,260
-6.2

Rural farm population
697,960
642,715
-7.9

Urban2 farm population
31,445
41,540
32.1

Total population
29,914,315
31,511,587
5.3

Rural population
6,053,467
6,216,135
2.7

Urban population
23,860,848
25,295,452
6.0

 
%

Farm population as a % of total population
2.4
2.2
…

Rural farm population as [...]

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