2022 Farm Outlook: A Year of Churn and Opportunity

April 22, 2022

by Len Kahn, founder, Kahntact In our 2022 Nourish Network Trend Report released last November, we tackled the question of whether the Canadian farm economy was vulnerable to a downturn driven by external forces. The main concerns were macroeconomic uncertainties and supply chain disruptions associated with the fifth wave of the COVID pandemic. Since then, … Read More

Kahntact Marketing cooks up another prestigious marketing award win

April 20, 2022

Kahntact Marketing collects major award at North American competition for tactic that crosses food, agriculture, and education Kahntact Marketing continues to cook up wins at awards shows, this time taking a top prize at the Best of National Agri-Marketing Association annual meeting in Kansas City, MO. The award for best “News, Feature Article or Persuasive … Read More

Pointy dress shoes, the massive internet of things, and the new ag revolution

March 25, 2022

There’s a digital renaissance happening in agriculture. And the people driving the change might not look like the same type of ag leaders we’ve seen in the past. The green revolution in the 1960s saw seed genetics and fertilizers drastically increase yields. It was science answering the problem of food security, and it worked. Driving … Read More

Lessons learned from empty shelves

March 24, 2022

There’s a principle taught to engineering students: If you want to see how something works, watch what happens when it comes apart. (And if you’re a parent, you know a lot of kids figure this out on their own.) We all had a front-row seat to the dismantling of our international logistics system when COVID … Read More

Kahntact wins award for series about sustainable beef production

February 14, 2022

Kahntact Marketing facilitated a partnership between university and college chefs, groups promoting sustainability in Canadian beef, and The Toronto Star’s nationwide media network Securing a story in Canada’s largest city’s daily newspaper represents a significant achievement. Getting a 16-part series benefitting multiple stakeholders wins you a major prize. Cooking by Degrees, a 16-story series published … Read More