THE ice-breaker question at a meeting I attended recently was “what keeps you grounded or gives you hope in these times?” Many of the participants, both rural and urban, responded with “working in my garden” or “digging in my flower beds.” A few admitted that watching others dig in the dirt was grounding enough for […] Read more
Stories by Nettie Wiebe
Fair, healthy agricultural trade policy needed – The Moral Economy
IT’S ONE thing to feel sorry for those poor Mexican peasants whom we occasionally read about in the news. It’s another to understand why they are poor and displaced. It’s yet another to realize just how closely our Canadian experience matches Mexico’s when it comes to the food trade. That can be both sobering and […] Read more
