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The firewall word picture fits our computer’s security, but I wonder if the approach of building a wall of protection around your farm is a good analogy?
FarmLife

Why create a ‘firewall’ against divorce?

First of all you need to recognize who and what you want to keep out

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His face was weathered and worn as he approached me with wrinkled brows. “You talked about the fear of spousal breakup,” and I’m curious, how do I create a firewall to protect my farm?” (Note: he said “my farm,” not OUR farm). The firewall word picture fits our computer’s security, but I wonder if the […] Read more
Man Suffering From Back Pain Whilst Gardening
FarmLife

Low back pain common in farmers

High incidences due to the mix of manual labour and seated positions in most ag jobs

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Low back pain — one of the world’s most prevalent musculoskeletal complaints. A study done in 2010 estimated that 21.7 billion people are affected globally per year from some form of low back pain, usually attributed to a work-related cause. The highest relative risk factor, according to the study, was agriculture-related work. Not surprising, given […] Read more
Swiss Rosti (see recipe at bottom).
Farm Life, FarmLife

The mysterious potato

Once thought of as toxic, it's now the most consumed vegetable in North America

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One summer day I was picking potato bugs in my little patch of community garden when a young mother came along with a babe in a stroller and another on the way. She asked what I was doing and a conversation ensued: Her: “Where do you get the potatoes?” Me: “I got these potatoes from […] Read more
Managing brothers who behave badly on the farm
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Managing brothers who behave badly on the farm

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“I can’t believe that we have farmed together for over 25 years, and the fights between these two brothers farming just don’t stop!” says the exasperated farm woman who has had enough. This winter may be a good time to reflect on how you want things to be different at your farm. I think Dr. […] Read more
Successful woman handing out Canadian dollars. Female entrepreneur doing business in Canada. Giving or donating money. Female success in a multicultural society
Farm Life, FarmLife

Ready to share your wealth with employees?

An Employee Share Ownership Plan may be a good option for your farm

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If you’ve had a tough year with poor crops and low prices and are feeling financially short, regardless of how it turned out, you’ll likely always need labour support to get the job done. One of the biggest fears of founders that I coach is the fact that they may lose loyal, hard-working employees after […] Read more
When Sarah Schultz married her farmer she left her familiar city life for life on a grain farm.
Farm Life, FarmLife

My struggles as a farmwife

I wouldn’t change my life for anything but I didn’t truly know what I was getting into

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In marriage we leave our parents and become one with our spouse. As women, we more often than not take their last names and join their families — especially so in the farming communities. In my case, I left behind a life in the city of Edmonton that I really loved, a job in the […] Read more
Boys on hay bale
Farm Life, FarmLife

Is the farm a healthier place to grow up on?

Prairie Palate: Get Well Soon Meat Loaf

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As we head into the winter cold season, I am feeling quite smug. I rarely get colds. I have no allergies and a stomach as impervious as a cast iron pan. I attribute the healthy state of my immune system to growing up on a farm. Mucking about in the garden, eating bugs and dirt, […] Read more
Choose a good cut of beef such as tenderloin or flat iron steak (see recipe further down).
Farm Life, FarmLife

Well done, medium, rare or… raw?

Prairie Palate: Steak Carpaccio

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My friend Joanne said she would not eat raw lamb, and that was fine with me. So while everyone else at the table made adventurous forays to try the lamb, she watched bemused. When they liked it, she looked puzzled. And when the bowl was almost empty, she finally picked up a piece of pita […] Read more
Alison Anderson, the director of Succession Matching.
Farm Life, FarmLife

How to find a successor for your farm

If you don’t have anyone interested in taking over the farm 
Succession Matching may be able to help

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It often happens at my succession communication seminars that a weary farmer approaches me with a problem. “Elaine, we don’t have a successor for our farm.” The look of worry and wear on their face makes me want to just sit and listen to their story. When I spoke in Biggar, Saskatchewan a few years […] Read more
Breakfast is the best!
Farm Life, FarmLife

Breakfast is the best!

Prairie Palate: A morning muesli recipe

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Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. This may come as a surprise, given my penchant for experimenting in the kitchen. I love a good, multi-course, try-something-new, dirty-all-the-dishes dinner now and then, but the satisfaction of such a herculean effort is elevated by the simple unworried recovery of breakfast. Just one dirty bowl at […] Read more

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