Reading Time: 3 minutes I am a business mentor for a young woman who just landed a multimillion-dollar deal. She and her family took a risk, went without for a few years, and worked hard to get their product going. They had folks who believed in them but more importantly, they believed in themselves. She once said to me […] Read more
There is opportunity all around us and it’s there all the time
All sectors in agriculture have tremendous strengths and every farm operation can capitalize on them in some way
Tech companies charting a new food trend
Amazon, Uber, and Google are hoping to make billions by becoming middlemen in the food business
Reading Time: 3 minutes Uber Eats is not a giant meal that you serve your teenager. It is a service to deliver food to urban dwellers in a hurry through the Uber system of loosely collected, non-taxi drivers. It is just one of the companies, along with Amazon and Google, that are in the food business. Google in food? […] Read more
Schoepp: Big picture ignored in supply management debate
Critics focus on milk powder, but the real issue is about creating valued-added products while protecting farm families
Reading Time: 4 minutes Canadians produce over 700 kinds of cheese. It makes me smile to think of all the small processors and farmers who delight in cheese making. Cheese also contributes $69 million in exports every year. Sounds like a good-news story and as Canadians we tend to focus on what we know — and we know cheese […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
