Farmers are at once among the most traditional and innovative of business people. Quick to adopt new technology when it makes business sense (drones, autonomous tractors, GPS, robotic milkers), they are also creatures of habit, meeting at coffee shops, attending crop tours and sticking with land line telephones, because it’s the way it’s always been … Read More

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

Food waste is definitely a ‘thing’ – a recent U.N. study found that the average Canadian wastes 79 kilograms of food per year. And as Jo-Ann notes in her May article, we may be wasting 13.5% more food at home since the start of the pandemic. A recent article by Reynold Bergen in Country Guide notes … Read More