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For years, Tom Cox’s life was full of the kind of excitement you don’t get growing corn and soybeans. It started back in 2002, when he and other farmers and residents of Brant County, Ont., boldly announced they were going to raise $86 million and build an ethanol...
“I have adopted strategic business management because it allows me to enjoy my time on the tractor, and evenings with my wife.” Cedric MacLeod As a young farmer, I owe so much to my mentors – my father has constantly inspired and encouraged me and I’ve learned a...
AMULREE, ON – When Ryan Bergman was searching for a name for his new farming enterprise, he, his girlfriend and a close friend chuckled over the concept of Loco Fields. “We were sitting around and thought to ourselves, well you would have to be a little crazy to do...
The United Nations has declared 2012 “International Year of Co-operatives” to recognize the contribution of this business model to economic and social development. Co-operatives have been in Canada for over 100 years, with more than 9,000 co-operatives...
DARTMOUTH, N.S. – Growing up in Chicago, Illinois, Jean Snow would hardly have seen herself becoming a leading urban market gardener in Eastern Canada in later years. Yet that’s exactly what happened. “I had no agricultural background,” says...
