Ed White

The morning after the Canola Council of Canada convention wrapped up in San Francisco last week, I wandered down to the waterfront, went to the end of a wharf, took this photo and reflected on canola, Canada and prairie farming. Actually, I’m lying. I took this pic in the hours before the convention began, but […] Read more

One of Dr. Dean Ornish’s points half an hour ago was that people won’t make permanent diet and lifestyle choices because they are scared of death. That fear is a short term thing. Instead, people will make permanent changes if they offer something enjoyable, liberating and fun. So that seems to be part of the […] Read more

Sure, we can all say canola’s great for your health, but who would believe us? We have a vested interest. That’s why it is nice right now to be hearing from Dr. Dean Ornish, from the University of California, as he extols the many benefits of canola oil. I particularly enjoyed hearing him say he […] Read more

Many in the canola industry were thrilled that Prime Minister Stephen Harper personally raised the blackleg issue with China when he was there in December. The industry also seems to have good connections with other Canadian heavyweights. Right now, Senator and ex-journalist Pamela Wallin is on the stage at the canola council convention, and she’s […] Read more

There’s a chance to make lots of money on canola, and that opportunity is coming right now. That’s what agricultural commodity analyst David Jackson of LMC International just told the canola council convention. “The next two to three years will be a good time to be an oilseed producer and a very good time to […] Read more

The canola industry has a record of setting lofty goals and actually meeting them. I recall lots of us thinking that the council’s goal of six million tonnes per year by 2006, or maybe it was seven million by 2007, seemed pretty unrealistic when it was announced. Now six million tonnes would be a crop […] Read more