Mira Lyonblum shares some of her background on how she came to be the executive director of AgScape, what AgScape is, what they do, the current state of agriculture education in schools. Mira also talks about the importance of agriculture and education, building trust with public plus much more!

To learn more about AgScape and visit https://agscape.ca

This week Erin and new co-host, Jordan Sloggett interview Martin Gooch of Value Chain Management International to talk about Sheep Grading. Martin talks about progress toward adopting and standardizing sheep grading in the industry, its importance and what yield means to each part of the value chain plus where to learn more.

As always, stick around to the very end to hear what's new over at OSF!

Dr. Angela Canovas is a Professor and OAC Research Chair in Phenomics and Systems Biology, Distinguished Professor of Excellence in Research Beef Cattle and Small Ruminants Genomics with the University of Guelph. Dr Canovas shares an overview of her education and experience that lead her to her current career. She also breaks down the difference between genetics and genomics, her current projects, how her research helps farms and her goals for supporting advancements in the sheep industry plus so much more!

Sheep farmer and author Barbara McLean talks about her new book, Shepherd’s Sight: A Farming Life which is a memoir and autobiography of a year in the life after 50 years on her farm. Barbara also describes her writing process, inspiration, taking a photo every day and much more!

Purchase Shepherd’s Sight: A Farming Life by Barbara McLean Here: https://ecwpress.com/products/shepherds-sight

Purchase on Amazon Here: https://a.co/d/9SAmRJp

What’s New!? 

-The Eastern Sheep Expo is April 13th! Stick around to the end of the podcast for details. 

-OSF offers resources for new producers who are required to register with Ontario Sheep Farmers. Visit OntarioSheep.org to complete the form or Download the PDF form and return it to OSF office.

In this educational episode Don Matheral shares how he got started over 30 years ago and gives producers advice on where to find a shearer, when to shear and how a producer should prepare for shearing plus so much more! 

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Tom & Erin chat with Mark & Chris Ferraro from Brussels Livestock and Ontario Stockyards in Cookstown to discuss their family livestock auctioning business. They share the benefits of buying and selling through auction, best times to sell to maximize profits, future opportunities for lamb producers and much much more! Tune in to get the full scoop as this father/son due share a wealth of information. As always, stick around to the end to find out what's new at OSF.

We welcome the new Member Relations Coordinator, Heather Johnson who shares how she transitioned into her new role at OSF, some opportunities to increase member engagement and her key areas of focus in support of OSF district committees. Heather also reminds all members to fill out the survey that Heather had e-mailed to members and much more!

On this week's educational episode we interview Kelly Daynard of Farm and Food Care Ontario. Kelly discusses the general perceptions of farming in Ontario and building the public’s trust in agriculture. Kelly also shares some of the projects Farm and Food Care Ontario is working on and much more! As always, be sure to stick around until the end to hear what’s new at OSF.

Erin & Tom chat with Linc Farm operator Juliet Orazetti who previously ran a sheep grazing business within a vineyard in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario before moving the business to Nova Scotia. Juliet shares her experience getting started, why she chose a direct-to-consumer sales model and the importance of relationships with processors, social media and e-mail marketing. 

Juliet also discusses branding, pricing and the lessons learned about how to position her product in the marketplace and so much more!

As always, be sure to listen to the end where Tom & Erin share news and updates going on at OSF.

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This week we are discussing research with Dr. Cathy Bauman with the University of Guelph and the Ontario Veterinary College.

Dr. Bauman goes in depth on the clinical trial for the Ovipast Plus Vaccine, how it was structured and the results of the trial plus much more!

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and Visit our Website: Ontariosheep.org