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Agriculture Literacy Month

March is Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month. Karen Carle, agriculture education consultant with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, says this month focuses on connecting children with where their food comes from and how it’s produced.

Interview with Karen Carle (2:34 minutes) (1.17 Mb)

To check out the resources and programs Karen referred to, go to www.agriculture.alberta.ca/ageducation.

 
 
Source : Alberta Ag and Forestry

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Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald speaks with reporters in Ottawa following the launch of public consultations on the government’s next agricultural policy framework.

Also speaking are Sophie Chatel (parliamentary secretary to the agriculture minister), Yasir Naqvi (MP for Ottawa Centre), Kerry-Leigh Burchill (director general of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum), and Keith Currie (president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture).