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Consumers are dissatisfied — and that’s why farmers’ markets are booming
More and more people are distrustful of big corporations, and farmers’ markets offer ‘food authenticity’ the big chains can’t match

Playing Russian roulette with food
The urge to teach someone a lesson seldom inspires sound policy
Hog industry needsto root out its own fix
Integration Canadian producers need to follow the Danish model of harmonizing the supply chain
Many factors, most of them foreseeable and manageable, have triggered bankruptcies in the hog industry over the years. These factors include fuel costs, currency fluctuations and access to some markets closing. Big Sky Farms, now in receivership, filed for bankruptcy protection and restructured its business just a few years ago after a similar run-up in […] Read moreMoving beyond supply management
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