Food Farm Talk

Abdul talks to Alan Abdul Kader (@fortybytwenty) , an undergraduate student in the Ontario Agricultural College, on a range of issues in  today's agriculture. Alan traces his journey as a young high school  student who fell in love with agriculture while working on friend's  family farms. The values of farming, including the  ability to care for nature and being outdoors are among the drivers in  his journey. The episode emphasizes the positives agriculture has to  offer and why it is important for farmers (and the industry in general)  to be proactive in reaching out to the public.

https://twitter.com/fortybytwenty

https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/

World Food Day is October 16 and this year focuses on zero hunger and healthy diets. Emily Duncan and Abdul-Rahim Abdulai explore the themes and significance of World Food Day. They also interview a number of researchers at the University of Guelph on the significance of their research for food. #wfd #worldfoodday #zerohunger

More info:

http://www.fao.org/world-food-day/home/en/

https://www.worldfooddaycanada.ca/

https://news.uoguelph.ca/2019/10/experts-alert-world-food-day/

https://news.uoguelph.ca/2019/10/world-food-day-u-of-g-research-focused-on-sustainable-crops/

How can we measure Farm Sustainability? Sustainable sourcing for the agri-food marketplace requires measurement and certification.  What does this mean for Ontario farmers and consumers? Nick Betts of Sustainable Agriculture Initiative or SAI Platform and Andy Graham of Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association help us explore this topic.  This show forms part of a new series on farm sustainability hosted by Paul Smith. #ontag #cdnag #food #ontagweek

More info:

https://saiplatform.org/fsa/

https://saiplatform.org/profile/nick-betts/

https://www.agrifoodsustainability.ca/resources

https://www.ontariosoilcrop.org/research-resources/publications-resources/

https://www.milk.org/Corporate/proAction/proActionMain.aspx

http://metrics.sustainablecrops.ca/

Series host Cameron Ogilvie talks with Mel Luymes and Tori Waugh about the state of Ontario's agricultural soils and how the Ontario Soil Network, a farmer-to-farmer learning network, is improving soil health across the province.

Follow the Ontario Soil Network on twitter @SoilNetwork, and find them on the web at http://ontariosoil.net/

What is Farm Sustainability? Cutting through the "sustainababble". We explore farm #sustainability and #sustainable sourcing with Nick Betts of Sustainable Agriculture Initative or SAI Platform. Perspectives of the Food and Agriculture Organization, Canadian Roundtable on Sustainable Beef and Syngenta are also presented. This show forms part of a new series on farm sustainability hosted by Paul Smith. #ontag #cdnag #food

More info:

https://saiplatform.org/

https://saiplatform.org/profile/nick-betts/

http://www.fao.org/policy-support/policy-themes/sustainable-food-agriculture/en/

https://crsb.ca/

Abdul speaks with Rebecca Clayton of the Seed FoodHub ahead of the Carrot stock food and music festival this Saturday September 21 at the Everdale Farm.  An encore presentation. 

https://www.theseedguelph.ca/

https://www.theseedguelph.ca/carrotstock

http://everdale.org/

Today Emily Duncan discusses the #COFS19 Canada's Outdoor Farm Show with Sarah Marquis and Aidan O'Brien #Ontag #precisionag

https://www.outdoorfarmshow.com

Survey for farmers:

https://uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8DlMUAPDuEjqoxn

We're pleased to bring you this series on soil health in partnership with the @SoilsAtGuelph initiative. On this episode, series host and Outreach and Communications Coordinator Cameron Ogilvie chats Dr. Adam Gillespie to lay the groundwork for this series: What is soil? What makes for a healthy soil? And what is the state of our soils in Ontario?

Find out more on the Soils at Guelph initiative by visiting the following news articles:

https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/news/soils-guelph-welcomes-communications-and-outreach-coordinator

https://news.uoguelph.ca/2018/12/soil-health-outreach-donation-announced-to-mark-world-soil-day/

A conversation with Josh Moran, honours agriculture student, hosts the Why and How Podcast where we look to answer big questions in agriculture, food, and the environment through casual conversations rooted in research. The Why & How is published by the Ontario Agricultural College of the University of Guelph. 

https://www.uoguelph.ca/oac/about/why-how-podcast

The #EatThinkVote event brought together Guelph candidates in the federal election to talk about food issues. The Arrell Food Institute sponsored the event along with Food Secure Canada and The SEED, a project of the Guelph Community Health Centre . 

http://www.eatthinkvote.ca/news/guelph/