Comments for Terry Stevenson's Agricultural Weblog

Comment on Farmers keep pace with advances in internet usage by Owen

Owen — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:25:52 +0000

…and by the way, nice exposure for AGRIS in this week’s Ontario farmer (2C), in the piece about TOMcast.

Comment on Farmers keep pace with advances in internet usage by Owen

Owen — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:07:34 +0000

Fascinating and effective summary, Terry. Thanks for sharing it, and for your succinct presentation.

Owen

Comment on University of Guelph – Agricultural Communications cohort excel at the Ontario AgriCentre by Owen Roberts » Blog Archive » Online agricultural communications diploma opens up

Sat, 02 May 2009 01:28:47 +0000

[...] in agricultural communications education. Cohort One member Terry Stevenson likewise had some kind words to say about the program on his blog. Thanks Terry! [...]

Comment on Farmers’ continue strong support of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank by terrystevenson

terrystevenson — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:57:15 +0000

I agree Christine. Despite all the very tough times that farmers have been going through, they still continue to donate along with the many church groups to help feed the less fortunate around the world.

Terry

Comment on Farmers’ continue strong support of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank by Christine Schoonderwoerd

Christine Schoonderwoerd — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:20:44 +0000

The Canadian Foodbanks Program truly is a testament to farmers selfless efforts to feed the world.
Our church is involved in this program and I am a true believer in it, I am happy to hear that it is doing so well despite current economic situations.

Comment on Ontario grown foods get a boost by terrystevenson

terrystevenson — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:03:57 +0000

Thank you very much for your comments Melissa!
I believe that just a few weeks ago it was discovered our Canadian flags were being purchased from China for Queen’s Park!
That has now been corrected too.
Buy Canadian eh!
Terry

Comment on Ontario grown foods get a boost by Melissa Thibodeau @ BuyCanadianFirst.ca

Melissa Thibodeau @ BuyCanadianFirst.ca — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 20:48:14 +0000

Thanks for mentioning us Terry.

I completely agree that the Gov’t should be sourcing Locally-made or locally grown food for its public institutions. To that I would add that it should be as much at the Federal level as the Provincial.

The Gov’t should also always be considering products from Canadian-made manufacturers first too. Recently, the Ontario Gov’t came under fire because of Ontario flags being made in China instead of Canada, which come on… is a no-brainer. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jQ8o3Sm-rQSKOsbaKfhaatsyxrPQ

Here at Buy Canadian First, we always say it’s not about buying Canadian always, because that’s just impossible, but rather to consider Canadian-made products *first* and then look to other countries if the options are not viable.

Comment on University of Guelph – Agricultural Communications cohort excel at the Ontario AgriCentre by terrystevenson

terrystevenson — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:13:02 +0000

Hi Christine,
It was great meeting you and the rest of the cohort last week. You sure didn’t look nervous to me! I learned a lot too by watching your presentations. You all had great idea’s for your communication campaigns.
Keep up the good work!

Terry

Comment on 85 per cent is not good enough for Canadian consumers by REALLY Made IN Canada

REALLY Made IN Canada — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:05:39 +0000

Designations without publicly listed, audited, qualifications are often used as euphemistic “bait and switches”.

There is no reason why private designations with published standards cannot be of value to consumers.

In the context of “Made in”/”Grown In”/”Product of” Canada (and its communities), many consumers want to know the corporate ownership tree, labour practices, environmental practices, and business histories as much as the product/component origins.

This is where a private designation can offer more.

Comment on 85 per cent is not good enough for Canadian consumers by Prof. Roberts

Prof. Roberts — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 02:43:14 +0000

This post reminds me of the disgraceful Cellared In Canada designation for “domestic” wines. Vinifera grape farmers in Niagara tell me this provision, which basically promotes mediocrity by allowing a disproportionate amount of foreign swill to be mixed with Ontario juice, is killing small business, making a mockery of attempts to position Ontario as a serious winemaker, and confusing the daylights out of consumers. The reason Ontario tolerates it is because it’s money in the bank for Niagara’s big two industrial, influential wineries. They should be ashamed of such deception.