Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan works to build trust in food production in our province and beyond. Read on for more details about the work we’re doing to engage with consumers and industry.
2019-2020 Annual Report now online
Download your copy of the 2019-2020 Annual Report.
Year in Review for FFC SK
More than 400 took part in Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan’s Cultivating Trust Conference on November 25. One of the presentations at the event was an overview of the past year from FFC SK’s Executive Director Clinton Monchuk.
FarmFood360° Release: Three new Virtual Reality tours open doors to beef, chicken and turkey farms
Canadians looking to get behind the scenes and learn more about how their food is produced on family farms have three more opportunities available to them now at www.FarmFood360.ca. Three new Virtual Reality Tours filmed last summer on Ontario beef, chicken and turkey farms have been added to the popular website, joining the 15 farm and food processing tours already on the site.
Over 400 registrants at Cultivating Trust online conference focused on ‘managing misinformation’
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan was pleased to welcome more than 400 registrants to their online Cultivating Trust conference on November 25.
Tiffany Martinka wins Farm & Food Care Champion Award
“She is a leader in our farming community,” said Kim Hill of the Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan, who were thrilled with Martinka’s selection this year. “Through sharing her farming experiences, it has brought a face to our producers and has provided a lot of support for other farmers to share their farming stories.”
New Edition of the Real Dirt on Farming now available
This is the fifth edition published since the project’s inception in 2006. To date, 4.5 million copies have been distributed across Canada to libraries, doctors’ offices, Registered Dietitians, political leaders, educators and through inserts in national publications.
No one wins a food fight
I’m a strong believer in the phrase, ‘no one wins in a food fight’. We can stand back and see how differences of opinions have set up walls between ideologically differing views, but no one stands to gain from these barriers.
Can we eat our way out of climate change?
Farm & Food Care recently took an active role in organizing the Food & Nutrition Forum at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair this fall. The event was held virtually this year and invited dietitians and others in the food industry to hear from a series of speakers about our food system.
Clinton Monchuk recognized as “Biotech Food Hero”
Farm & Food Care’s own Clinton Monchuk was recognized recently by CropLife International as a Biotech Food Hero. The online project features “men and women that are securing food supplies for future generations”.
Register now for Cultivating Trust online conference
Farm & Food Care Saskatchewan will host its annual conference online this year on November 25, 2020, between 1PM and 4:30PM.
RMs helping to build confidence in Saskatchewan food production
Clinton Monchuk shares some of the ways we are working with RMs and other members of FFC to build connections between consumers and the food system.
National profile article
The Canadian Poultry Magazine profiled Clinton as part of their “Who’s Who in 2020” issue. It outlines the aviary, free-run egg farm that Clinton and his brother operate near Lanigan.