We hear a lot about innovation and how agriculture will be transformed in the coming years. The fact is that agriculture is in a state of continual transformation. Exactly where the livestock sector goes depends on how well the five stages of our innovation system work and interact. The five stages are funding, research priorities, […] Read more
Opinion: How Ontario’s livestock innovation system should change
LRIC studying five stages necessary for innovation
Opinion: It’s time for a livestock manifesto
All species groups need to work together to tackle big issues in a coordinated way
In his book The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell outlines how change can start small, and then creep imperceptibly toward a point beyond which everything changes. That is the tipping point. Anyone 60 years or older will recall, as a child, attending social functions where the air was blue with smoke. Attitudes toward smoking changed slowly […] Read more
Opinion: The privilege of many problems
Availability, authenticity and accountability are the hallmarks of a trusted food supply
“A person with empty stomach has one problem, but a person with full stomach has many.” Most Canadians are not used to worrying about access to food. Despite a few short-term impacts resulting from adjustments in the supply chains, even COVID-19 left the shelves stocked. According to recently released research by the Canadian Centre for […] Read more
Comment: Are livestock industries prepared for life after COVID?
Labour, consumer trends, accountability and cross-sector co-operation have to be managed
Are we there yet? Every parent has heard that phrase coming from the backseat. Now, as adults, we are asking that question relative to the pandemic. The end date is unknown, but what can we expect the Ontario livestock sector to look like post-COVID? I heard once that “life can only be understood backward; but […] Read more
Opinion: Dare to be dull
Canada’s livestock sector can learn from pandemic
At a social gathering some years ago, a friend listened to the many crazy things going on in people’s lives and he stated that we should “dare to be dull”. He meant we should focus on the important things. On a related note, I am sure you have heard the old saying “May you live […] Read more
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