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A minor accident can be a costly occurrence for any small business, but Jamie Beaumont doesn’t promote farm safety just to pinch a few pennies. A strict adherence to work safety standards is as much about his piece of mind as it is about good business practices. Mr....
Innovation is often forgotten when it comes to business management. Sure, innovation goes hand-in-hand with research and development, and this typically makes it to the farm by way of new production methods and equipment. But, how do we know the innovation is good for...
(NC)—Attempting to operate a business without a well-structured business plan is like jumping out of a plane without a proper parachute. You’re just taking a gamble and hoping for positive results. However, when it comes to starting a business, having a robust...
BATTERSEA, ON – It wasn’t until Ian Stutt headed off to university – where he got his degree in development studies – that he began to consider a career in agriculture. “I grew up in the west island of Montreal in suburban Beaconsfield, not in a rural area,” he...
Let’s declare war on meetings–time wasting, poorly run, unnecessary meetings that none of us feel should be required as part of our work lives. Every family business, whether it has two employees or 200, has meetings as a regular part of getting things done....
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. – Even though Benjamin Cornect grew up in a rural area of the east coast province, there were no agricultural subjects offered to him at the local high school. Although he found that odd, the lack of early training at school, did nothing to stop him...
