Ontario AgCast

Kelsey Banks is the Pumpkin Queen of Eastern Ontario but now lives in Saskatchewan. Going to college in the city and smelling like cows makes you the go to for questions on food and farming and other life lessons.

Talking with Mel Luymes about experiencing different cultures, understanding both sides of an issue and saving the world makes me feel like I should be trying harder. Also old.

Teaching doesn't just happen in the classroom. Bridgette talks about her lifelong involvement in #FFA and we learn about the real impact of West Nile Virus. Did you know - you don't have to be good at chemistry to sork in the chemical industry?

Carson Wagner on Robots, Wrapping and Junior Farmers. We discuss Olympic sports that Canadians get, but Americans don't understand.

Sandi Brock and Christine Scoonderwoerd take over this weeks show. Their choice for a guest is lame.

2:26 Wendell has control issues

13:32 Wendell thinks 87% isn’t a good grade

15:25 Wendell compliments us!

21:45 Wendell explains what Scrotal Circumference means to him.

28:25 Wendell could be in a Colgate Commercial

What better way to start FebruDairy than with BC dairy farmer Julaine Treur? Creekside Dairy is organic, but Julaine won’t tolerate misleading marketing tactics like those used by Stonyfield Organics. Organic / Conventional, Canadian / American, in agriculture, we are all on the same team.

At age six, Sarah Sheppard decided she loves chickens. Now, she works with chickens, reads about chickens, jokes about chickens, but it’s when she tweets about chickens, that things get really crazy. You might say it was the cluck heard round the web.

Jonathan Lamb is a partner in Lamb Farms and Oakfield Corners Dairy. We talk cows, genomics and employees. This is a great example where "big" and "family" go together in more ways than one. Jonathan will be in Ontario speaking at the Wallenstein Feed and Supply Dairy Producer Meeting on January 31.

For all our talk about letting consumers see how their food is produced, there’s one part of the process that has remained hidden from public view. A third generation butcher, Jes Oelschlagal wants to change that and help educate people on why the job of ending an animals life is noble and important. I think it’s safe to say we don’t pull ant punches with this one. Check out the True Transparency Project for more info.

https://jessoelschlagel.wixsite.com/thebutchersdaughter

www.instagram.com/truetransparencypro

Kelly is totally fine if you call her a Lady Vet, but please don’t call her a Horse Person. However, if you have a sick cow, goat or horse, she can help. Maybe not Alpacas…..