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While attending college, Edmonton-raised Andrew Rosychuk decided he wanted to go farming. There are high hurdles to overcome — money being a major one — but “it can be done,” he says.

New-style pioneer: Edmonton native finds a way to be a farmer

By Alexis Kienlen August 19, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes Welder, farmer, Nuffield Scholar, haskap champion… these are a few of Andrew Rosychuk’s titles. The Edmonton native had dreams of farming but got a reality check while studying horticulture at Olds College and learning what it cost to start a farm. “I quickly learned that you need money to make money,” he said. So he […] Read more

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Better credit risk, smaller loan

It’s not just that women get turned down for loans more often,  but that too many aren’t getting a proper financial education

By Brenda Schoepp November 21, 2016

Reading Time: 3 minutes In 2014, I published a detailed report on the development of mentorship programs for women in agriculture from a global perspective. This report (which can be found at brendaschoepp.com) has since given flight to a number of global study topics with other Nuffield Scholars. Recently, a report in Alberta published by the Agriculture & Food […] Read more

FarmLife, Opinion

The formula for success on your farm

Straight from the hip: The challenges in farming are numerous and  diverse, but Nuffield Scholar Jamie McCoy has found successful farmers  have a common approach

By Brenda Schoepp October 1, 2014

Reading Time: 3 minutes When Jamie McCoy, my guest from Wales, sat around our fire last summer, she glowed with passion for the family farm. A fellow Nuffield Scholar, her project was to look at opportunities for small holdings. The release of her report in 2014, the International Year of Family Farming, could not be timelier. Of course the […] Read more

Alberta Nuffield scholar Cheryl Hazenberg is interviewed  during her trip to China.

Heartland, News

A rare steak is rare indeed in China

By Alexis Kienlen July 16, 2014

Reading Time: 2 minutes China is famous for dishes — from snake to thousand-year-old eggs — that are alien to palates of westerners. But Cheryl Hazenberg found it all depends on your viewpoint. The director of technical services at the Canadian Angus Association, who is travelling the world studying traceability as a 2014 Nuffield scholar, spent two weeks in […] Read more

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India unveils new rice variety to reduce water use, labour

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Regulations on gene-edited crops to be eased in England

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures extend rally on USDA data

India unveils new rice variety to reduce water use, labour

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New-style pioneer: Edmonton native finds a way to be a farmer

Better credit risk, smaller loan

The formula for success on your farm

A rare steak is rare indeed in China

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