Big Opportunity in Saskatchewan Wines

For most Canadians, putting Saskatchewan and wine in the same sentence doesn’t seem to fit. In fact, Saskatchewan consumers drink the least amount of wine per capita compared to every other province. That isn’t slowing down growth for Living Sky Winery, say husband...

Creative hard working garlic producers love the agricultural process

PICTOU COUNTY, N.S. – While he always admired his parents’ agricultural lifestyle, 32-year-old Justin Smith readily admits he wanted to get away from the farm as soon as he was able. “I went to college in Ontario and then took a job in California upon graduating,”...

You have a business idea – now what?

(NC)—You’ve just come up with the perfect product and think you have a business idea that could be the next big thing. So what do you do now? Take your idea from the drawing board to the board room with these steps: • Write a business plan It might seem like a...

Small business, big payback

You could call Tobin Schlegel’s goats a sideline, but that wouldn’t do justice to their powerful role in the development of his farm, or Schlegel himself. The 29-year-old can now joke that when he and wife Erin first started farming, they would have “made more money...

Growing dollars and sense

A lot of judges were scratching their heads when Brett Sheffield showed up at the ‘Central Canada’ finalist of a major competition for young entrepreneurs. How had a young farmer from Pilot Mound, Man., managed to beat out hundreds of entrants, including MBA students...

3 Reminders As Mobile Adoption Grows Exponentially

Every second, twelve Android devices are activated. In the last three months, Apple has sold 26 million iPhones. These are big numbers, especially when you look to the launch of these devices just a few short years ago. In fact when BlackBerry was Canada’s crown jewel...