THE RURBAN FRINGE

Product Branding and Ag Career Focus Program

I’ve been catching up at FarmOn.com these last few days … with a post about why branding your beef (or any other ag product) is important to the consumer. 
You can find more information about such product branding at Government of Alberta, Agriculture and Rural Development’s website.
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Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada offers a Career Focus Program aimed at recent graduates [...]

Success … at any Cost?

I’ve been catching up at FarmOn.com this week, with a brief post designed to stimulate discussion about the US investigation into agricultural giant Monsanto’s alleged anti-competitive practices.  Click here to have a read. 
On the flip side, this article from the National Post makes a case for encouraging responsible, sustainable bio-tech innovations … within the larger context of [...]

A Looming Ag Industry Crisis

In both Canada and the US, a disturbing trend is poised to become a much greater crisis … that of a sweeping worker shortage in the agricultural industry. 
Everyone knows that rural and farm demographics have been steadily declining for decades.  What everyone may not know, however, is how that directly affects agricultural labour … impacting the [...]

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