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Canada Ag Day

Today is the second annual Canada Agriculture Day, a celebration of the country's agriculture sector. The industry employs one in eight Canadians -- from farmers and their suppliers to food processors and retailers -- and contributes more than 110-billion dollars to the economy.

Interview with Tannis Baker (3:55 minutes) (1.79 Mb)

For more information on Canada’s Agriculture Day, go to www.CdnAgDay.ca.

 
 
Source : Alberta Ag and Forestry

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The progress of a business, just like history, rarely goes in a straight line. A project can begin in one place and end up in another. This is true for one Midwest university food project. Over the past decade, a student guided experience has gone from raising vegetables and fish to becoming a value-added food program that benefits an entire community.