New Crops Help us Solve Problems
Plant science – and specifically the science of plant breeding – is one of those tools which can help us overcome challenges as a global community.
From PEI Fields to Consumers’ Plates
There’s a lot of work that goes into the potatoes, turnips and carrots on your dinner plate.
Canadian Foodgrains Bank: Helping People in Need
Stories about people going without food resonate especially with farmers, who look for ways to use their own production to help.
Canadian Tuna: Who Knew it was so Healthy
While salmon is often thought of as the best choice for omega-3 fatty acids, BC albacore tuna ranks right up there as well.
Chicken Farm Takes it Full Circle
Six or seven times a year, about 90,000 freshly-hatched chicks are dropped off at the Martinka broiler chicken operation. The Martinka family has been in the chicken business for 15 years.
Generations Working Together on the Farm
The Keddys started their now 800-acre farm in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley over 40 years ago. Today, their son and his wife Katie manage the farm.
Precision Farming: What is it?
Tech continues changing how farmers raise animals and grow crops.
Meet a Canadian Chicken Farmer
Evesque loves working with these birds and appreciates the opportunity to produce a product consumers want. Evesque produces 50,000 kilograms of chicken every few months.
Harvesting Soybeans To Help A Farmer In Need
On our tour today, we start from the combine seat as Rick harvests soybeans and tells about how he uses auto-steer technology all year long.
Tour a Broiler Hatching Egg Farm
Tour a broiler hatching egg farm who raise the chickens that produce broiler eggs instead of the kind of eggs that you buy in the grocery store.
What is a broiler hatching egg farm?
On broiler breeding farms, the chickens grow from chicks a few days old until they are ready to start laying eggs that will hatch into broiler chickens.
Growing Better Crops: Carrying on a Tradition of Thousands of Years
Some plant breeding technologies are old, some are comparatively new, but they all help us adapt to challenges – from climate change and food insecurity to nutrition, taste, and food waste.
Ask a Farmer: What happens to barley between the field and store shelf?
Canadian barley farmer Brent Johnson from Saskatchewan gives us a rundown on the steps it takes to get barley from the field to the grocery store.
Ask an Expert: What do you do when pigs get sick?
We asked veterinarian Dr. Matheus Costa, who specializes in swine health at the University of Saskatchewan: what do you do when pigs get sick?
Classic Canadian Dishes: The Lobster Roll
Summer on the East Coast of Canada can be summed up in a few words: salty breezes, lighthouses, and lobster rolls.
Ask a Farmer: What are the different uses for barley?
Farmer, Clinton Monchuk, and future farmer Kaitlyn Monchuk discuss the main uses for barley grown on the Canadian prairies.
Ask an Expert: What do pigs eat?
We asked Denise Beaulieu, an assistant professor on monogastric nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan: What do pigs eat?
How Watermelons Grow in Canada
Did you know watermelons grow in Canada? Take a tour of a watermelon farm and learn how they are grown and harvested.
Online series shows life at Pine Ranch
Meet Erika Stewart, a rancher in Saskatchewan and the Provincial Coordinator for Verified Beef Production Plus (VBP+) program.
How do Lentils Grow?
Canada is now the worlds’ leading lentil exporter. We talk with Corey Loessin and his son, Aidan who grow lentils.