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- Thesis completed!
- The cost of urban intensification
- Conclusion
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- Urban intensification – a challenge and an opportunity
- After thinking and writing comes the talking – on the radio
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Tag Archives: farming
Bridging the gap, high priority
I communicate with students and professionals with a heart and soul close to farming every day. Some of them apply rational business logic when discussing agriculture, while others place a strong emphasis on passion and pride. Big or small, business … Continue reading
More of the same, please
The election circus is over. No Green Shift, no working class heroes, no sustainability, only more of the same, please. A conservative outcome indeed… Canada got what the majority of Canadians want. At least it is what the few who … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, conservative, farming, industrial agriculture, multifunctionality, Ontario, paradigm, politics, Professor Filson, rBST, sustainability, Univeristy of Guelph
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Vote today, listen to their communication tomorrow
Please ask yourself: – Do you value food? – How do you want your food produced? – Which direction should Canadian farming practices head? Here we go again, you may think, yet another set of confrontational, value-based philosophical questions about … Continue reading
Hot Dogs are made this way, so what?
I was asked by professor Owen Roberts in class the other day to either join the urbanites or the farmers. I chose the latter group, but it was not a straight forward decision. After all, I do not really know how … Continue reading
Environment Hamilton Takes on the Challenge
Environment Hamilton is a not-for-profit organisation aiming to protect and enhance the environment in the city of Hamilton. The other day I sat down with Lynda Lukasik, Executive Director of Environment Hamilton, when she came to the University of Guelph. … Continue reading
