As America gets ready for The Food Dialogues this week let’s hope that some of the excellent points made by BASF in this video come up in the discussion. Have you ever thought about how your food is produced? How connected do you feel? In the early days of human history everyone had to help find and prepare food for …
Farm Podcaster Tool
The range and choice of tools available to today’s farm podcaster is getting bigger. Here’s the latest from TASCAM. The DR-40 looks like a good choice if you’re looking for affordability and features. The adjustable mics, four-track recording and extended battery life of the TASCAM DR-40 give you the flexibility you need to record tracks anywhere. The DR-40 captures up …
Canadian Cooperative Thriving With Dry Beans & Edible Soybeans
Hensall District Co-operative welcomed IFAJ members last week. Here’s CEO, Earl Wagner, who gave us an overview of the various business units of the co-operative. Before we settled in for his presentation and a tour of the facilities in Hensall, ON, we were treated to a variety of foods made with their products. They are known for their dry beans …
IFAJ Visits Claynook Farms
IFAJ members learned about the dairy business in Canada this week right on the farm. In this case we were at Claynook Farms visiting with Wayne and Dennis Wagler. The conversation with the dairy operators covered just about every topic you could imagine from genetics to marketing. I recorded part of a conversation with reporters in which I asked about …
IFAJ Video
Thanks to Bruce Sargent, Farm Boy Productions, for putting together a great video that captures the essence of the 2011 IFAJ Congress. 2011 IFAJ Congress Photo Album
IFAJ Congress Concludes With GMO’s
The 2011 IFAJ Congress has concluded but I will have a lot more to share over the coming days. It’s late in Niagra Falls, ON, Canada. The GMO’s took to the stage tonight for our final entertainment after a concluding banquet with lots of awards. Photos are in the process of uploading which will finish my photo album from this …
IFAJ Group Pose
This afternoon the full IFAJ Congress group got together on the lawn in front of our hotel for a photo. I’d like to thank our photographer, Martin Schwalbe of Guelph ON. He used my camera to take a photo for me! Now we have some free time until our closing banquet. 2011 IFAJ Congress Photo Album
IFAJ In Niagra Falls
Niagra Falls welcomed the IFAJ Congress starting late yesterday afternoon. Here’s one of my best shots of the falls from a walk I took this morning. I’m still drying out after walking through the spray that swirls up and wherever the wind is blowing. This morning we had a program on sustainability and farm journalism. I’ve been to too many …
Second Day of IFAJ Congress Tours
All 2011 IFAJ Congress tour groups are now checked in to our hotel in Niagra Falls, Canada. You can see a quick pic of my hotel room view of the falls here. This is a group of us during our second tour stop today at Jackson Triggs Vintners. We sampled sparkling, red, white and ice wine and left much happier …
IFAJ Farm Tours
It was a full day of farm touring for the IFAJ Congress today. I’m on the Lake Huron Tour which includes our stopping point tonight on the lake. We got in too late to enjoy the view though. But with the temperatures dropping and the wind howling I am not missing it. We’ll be back on the agriblogging highway early …