The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour
There are 200,000 farmers in Canada. Let's dig into their problems.
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Reading the feed…
There are 200,000 farmers in Canada. Let's dig into their problems.
Reading the feed…
I’m a bit obsessed with the romance of farming. But, that’s not what a farmer who’s overworked and under-thanked wants to hear. This episode is about the suitability of the word ‘romance’ in farming, and what farming is ultimately all about. Find out more at https://thehandsthatfeedus.ca/host
If you spend a lifetime making interest payments on a piece of land, do you ever really own it? How do young farmers get started if the cost of farmland outstrips the amount they can earn from it? Find out more at https://thehandsthatfeedus.ca/host
What happens when it’s time to pass a farm on to the next generation? Should it be sold to the highest bidder? Inherited by the oldest son? How do we make sure that the wealth stays with the farm — and that the next generation can afford to take over? Find out more at https://thehandsthatfeedus.ca/host
A big advantage of the farming lifestyle is community. Which makes it that much harder to farm successfully as a single farmer. Rachelle Ternier at Prairie Garden Seeds has some unusual ways to build a ‘we’ as a single farmer. Find out more at https://thehandsthatfeedus.ca/host
Small prairie towns are disappearing. There aren’t enough people left to keep the towns viable, and the young people leave and don’t come back. Revitalizing these towns means convincing the youth that the small-town life is a viable one. Find out more at https://thehandsthatfeedus.ca/host
What levers do we have to take commerce out of the commodity market? To live outside the logic that says the lowest price is the best price? At Farm 140, I found a room full of people figuring out how to do just that. Find out more at https://thehandsthatfeedus.ca/host
The Community Foundation of the South Okanagan has bought the farm — literally. Has farming become a charity case? According to Community Foundation leader Kevin Ronaghan, buying a farm is the best investment they can make in building a community. Find out more at https://thehandsthatfeedus.ca/host
I’m at Klippers Organics for the season opening of their on-farm restaurant, Row Fourteen. A couple things have changed there since I filmed there in 2020, and award-winning head chef Derek Grey joins us to talk about why he’s now an electrician. Find out more at https://thehandsthatfeedus.ca/
This episode features Holger Schwichtenberg, of The Old Agassiz Place in Agassiz, B.C. We chat about the issue of succession and how the farm gets passed along to the next generation; the emotions and finances involved in making the big decisions. Find out more at https://thehandsthatfeedus.ca/
This episode features Seann Dory, of Salt & Harrow farm in Tsawwassen, B.C. We talk about one of his previous projects, Urban Digs, and how they secured land by "offering tax-breaks to parking lot owners". Find out more at https://thehandsthatfeedus.ca/
