THE RURBAN FRINGE

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 [...]

The Big Business of Farmer’s Markets & Ag Matchmaking

Whew … it’s a busy week … so feel free to catch up with me at FarmOn.com – an online agricultural social networking community – where I’ve noted how Farmer’s Markets are Big Business and how programs in the US are matching newbie farmers to seasoned ones in efforts to encourage more folks to enter the agricultural [...]

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