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Editorial: Farming knowledge can help form future habits

By Kristy Nudds May 1, 2023
As I previously wrote in a column for Farmtario in November last year, one of the most endearing memories I have from elementary school is when a classmate brought in […] Read more

There is much to celebrate in Canadian agriculture, but there are also significant challenges facing the sector.
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Editorial: We need to celebrate agriculture each and every day

By Kristy Nudds March 6, 2023
Canada’s Agriculture Day was celebrated last month for the seventh consecutive year. One word came my mind this agriculture day, Feb. 15, as I received information from groups via email […] Read more

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Editorial: There is nothing better than meeting in-person

By Kristy Nudds October 3, 2022
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show made a triumphant in-person comeback for the first time since 2019 last month.  A total of 43,809 visitors came to Discovery Farm Woodstock Sept. 13-15, the […] Read more

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Editorial: Let’s be careful not to greenwash regenerative

By Kristy Nudds September 6, 2022
Food companies like to use descriptors such as “non-GMO”, “gluten-free”, “humane certified” and numerous others to try and differentiate their products in the marketplace. These often follow consumer trends, usually […] Read more

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Editorial: Food from space

By Kristy Nudds July 25, 2022
The recent Canada-wide Rogers outage was a reminder for me of what life was like before the internet.  Although it was a huge inconvenience (I wasn’t able to work at […] Read more


Health Canada wants to have a label on the front of a package with a symbol such as an exclamation mark in bold font to alert buyers that a product contains what it deems to be an unhealthy level of sugar, saturated fat and/or sodium.
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Editorial: Despite good intentions, FOP labels could do more harm than good

By Kristy Nudds June 27, 2022
When Health Canada updated Canada’s Food Guide in January 2019, it was markedly different than previous guides.  Unlike previous editions that focused on food ‘groups’ such as dairy, meat, grains, […] Read more

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Editorial: Race to the finish

By Kristy Nudds May 31, 2022
Nearly six weeks into spring, Mother Nature finally decided to co-operate and provide the type of weather needed to start planting across most of the province. It was ‘go time’ […] Read more

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Editorial: Advancing the farm conversation on social media

By Kristy Nudds May 2, 2022
When social media really began gaining traction about a decade or so ago, the agricultural industry was slow to get on board. This caused some problems early on, particularly for […] Read more


One of the many lessons learned from previous avian influenza outbreaks is that people are significant contributors to its spread once it has entered a poultry facility.
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Editorial: Prevention is better than the cure

By Kristy Nudds April 18, 2022
Late last month, while taking my dog for a walk I heard the familiar, distinct sound of Tundra swans overhead.  They are beautiful to watch, but a reminder that with […] Read more

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Editorial: Farmers will find a way

By Kristy Nudds April 4, 2022
When I drove up the laneway to Adieu Farm near St. Jacob’s last month, the realization that it had been two years since I had been to any event or […] Read more

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