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The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour
There are 200,000 farmers in Canada. Let's dig into their problems.
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Family Farms Aren’t Coming Back | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep19
Recorded in Brockville, ON How do we keep small farms viable in an era of climate change and rising farmland prices? Our latest discussion explores…
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Sales Are Down | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep18
Heartbeet Farm - Kanata, ON Why are fewer people buying from local farms? Our latest discussion explores the pressures facing small-scale farmers, from…
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Who Gets to Farm? | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep17
Just Food - Gloucester, ON Who gets to farm when farmland is too expensive for farmers to afford — and what happens when we take the market out of the…
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The Dark Side of Romance | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep16
Pollen Nation Farm - Little Rapids, NL Romance doesn't pay the bills, especially in farming. This discussion explores passion versus profit, government policy…
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The Economy of Unpaid Labour | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep15
Ottawa Valley Farm to Fork - Douglas, ON What happens when we stop measuring a farm only by its income? In Renfrew County, a conversation about unpaid labour…
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Farmland Costs Too Much - Common Ground Food Forum | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep14
How do we decide when to pay for something or when we ask for that thing from our social circles and our community? And why do we run our economy in a way that…
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How (Agri)culture Gets Built | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep13
In Thornbury, I find a room of people who aspired to grow food — and also to grow a community and a culture around that. Their idealism is palpable, and so is…
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Rural Farm to Urban Table - Strathcona Market | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep12
Alvaro’s farm is possible because of direct support from his family and community. And he sells his produce directly back to them. Find out more at…
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Soil in the Wind | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep11
A dust storm in Manitoba reveals which farms lose their soil, where that soil ends up, and the ways that building good soil also help build stronger…
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Why Farm? - Harvest Moon Society | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep10
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…
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Do Young People Want To Farm? | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep9
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…
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The Next Generation - Sustainable Brandon | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep8
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…
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Farming Alone - Prairie Garden Seeds | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep7
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…
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Enticing People Back To The Farm | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep6
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…
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Money Doesn’t Cause Success | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep5:
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…
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Where Does The Money Come From? | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep4
The Community Foundation of the South Okanagan has bought the farm — literally. Has farming become a charity case? According to Community Foundation leader…
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Is Romance Keeping Us Alive? | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep3
Farming is a tough, tough business. The saying goes, get big or get out, and big stress comes with big business. But what if that isn’t true? Maybe smaller…
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A Table on a Farm - Klippers Organics | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep2
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…
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Passing the dream on with Holger Schwichtenberg | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Ep1
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…
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Ground Zero with Seann Dory | The Hands That Feed Us: On Tour - Episode 0
This first episode features Seann Dory, of Salt & Harrow farm in Tsawwassen, B.C. We talk about a previous project that he may be better known for, Urban Digs…