Farmers will plant seeds of knowledge with youth
20.05.12
If you want to rile a farmer to the point of sputtering, just start talking about how bread comes from the grocery store and chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
With four out of five Canadians now living in cities and with farmers making up less than two per cent of the general population, you could argue the urban-rural divide in this country is every bit as wide as the infamous rivalries between East and West.
Farmers are particularly sensitive about the disconnect between food producers and the rest of us.
Increasingly, the regulations and polities that dictate their operating environment are swayed by folks who have little connection with what farmers actually do, but who often have strong opinions about how they should be doing it.
So what better way to reach out to Canadians than through the kids in school?
February is I Love to Read Month in Canada, but the Agriculture in the Classroom organization is hoping to put a different spin on the literacy focus this coming week.
Source: Winnipeg Free Press