Food Day in Canada
Clinton Monchuk testified before the Senate Agriculture and Forestry Committee regarding Bill S-227, the establishment of a Food Day in Canada.
Food prices expected to rise: food trends speaker
Francis Parisien joined Farm & Food Care and Canadian Food Focus’s Winter Speaker Series to explore the trends and forces driving Canadian consumers food consumption and retail food purchasing decisions.
Speak-Up Training: answering tough questions about your industry
Help prepare your Board and spokespersons to better communicate about agriculture. Farm & Food Care offers in-person workshops as well as individual online training.
Take your kids’ classroom to the ranch
During Agriculture Literacy Month, watch the Life at Pine Ranch video and follow along with the viewing guide developed by Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan.
New resource brings farm tours into Canadian schools
A national classroom online resource was released which will give students and teachers across Canada the opportunity to dig deeper into the virtual farm tours available at FarmFood360.ca.
Training the Future: Farm & Food Care’s student outreach helps prepare future ag leaders
These sessions with students allow us to answer questions, as well as to discuss how to tackle tough issues and connect with consumers through shared values.
FarmFood 360° adds four new virtual reality tours: mushroom, veal, grain farms and research facilities
Four new Virtual Reality Tours have been added to the FarmFood 360 website, joining the 18 farm and food processing tours already filmed and available for viewing.
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan reaches over 31 million in 2020-2021
FFC SK completed another successful year in 2020-2021. FFC SK achieved a reach of more than 31 million last year, mainly through new approaches to existing programs and increased efforts to expand online communications.
Cultivating Trust conference explores future of food
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan was pleased to host 170 registrants at its annual Cultivating Trust conference held in Saskatoon and online on November 18.
Dr. Stuart Smyth is the Farm & Food Care Champion for 2021
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan announced today at their annual Cultivating Trust Conference that the winner of the 2021 Champion Award is Dr. Stuart Smyth.
A Year In The Life at Pine Ranch
Each month, Erika shares a behind-the-scenes look at ranching life, posting videos that help explain things like weaning, calving, vaccination…even how ranchers use ear tags and set up solar-powered water troughs.
#CelebrateAg by sharing your best food and farming photos
Pass the word to your friends and colleagues. And don’t forget to vote on your favourite photos from all those entered!
Real Dirt on Farming coming to your mailbox soon
Saskatchewan residents can watch for their copy on October 7 in The Regina Leader-Post, The Saskatoon StarPhoenix and Saskatoon Bridges magazine.
Thought-provoking speakers examine ‘The Future of Food’ at Cultivating Trust 2021
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan is excited to announce their lineup of speakers for the Cultivating Trust annual conference on November 18, 2021.
Farm Tours Bring Engagement
The “Food Influencer Farm Tour" focuses on engagement with people who work or communicate with consumers of a wider audience.
Responding to Negativity about Agriculture
As with any difficult situation, it’s best to de-escalate and respond with understanding and transparency wherever possible, rather than lashing out.
Feeding kids and minds with Saskatchewan-grown foods
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan is leading a unique collaboration that will provide free meals to about 900 students and teachers in the province.
How has Foodservice Adapted During Covid?
Food industry specialist Scott McDeivitte from Gordon Food Services recently joined Farm & Food Care for a discussion about how Canada’s food system has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Gordon …
Providing What the Soil Needs – 4R Nutrient Stewardship
Every farmer manages their farm in a slightly different manner, but this 4R Nutrient Stewardship Designation program is adaptable to all regions, soil types and cropping rotations.
Food labelling and how consumers buy food
Canadians are increasingly exposed to labels communicating specific processing aspects of food production. Food labels serve an important role, but who benefits the most from all of these different labels? Could they even be causing confusion and problems in the grocery aisle?
Farming in Canada: Growing Food Sustainably
Farmers and ranchers have adopted new practices that allow us to produce food specific to consumer demands in an environmentally friendly manner. The problem is, for the most part, we haven’t necessarily communicated these changes to Canadians.
New Resource Brings Agriculture Lessons into Canadian Schools
The Real Dirt on Farming in the Classroom was produced by AITC-C, working in collaboration with FFC. It will be distributed digitally, along with the RDOF booklet, to classrooms across Canada.
Watch ‘Dr. Food’ discuss impact of Covid on food system
Professor David Hughes, also known as ‘Dr. Food’, gave a presentation on February 24 in which he contemplated the changes we can expect in grocery stores, restaurants and food distribution channels as a result of the pandemic.
How scientists study beef cows: Canada’s Agriculture Day event
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan presented a live event on Canada’s Agriculture Day to help participants learn more about beef cows and how scientists are studying how cattle are raised.