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Ending antimicrobial resistance with a SNAPP

Straight from the Hip with Brenda Schoepp

By Brenda Schoepp November 16, 2016

The United Nations has declared antimicrobial resistance a global fundamental threat. It is interesting that the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has really taken a short time in our human history to become a near epidemic. Today antibiotic use is considered suboptimal and in many cases unnecessary because of the widespread use without the confirmation […] Read more

Comment/Columns, Straight from the hip

You know you are an entrepreneur when…

By Brenda Schoepp October 20, 2016

The frustration of the young woman across the table was palpable and she was beating herself up in a big way. Why had she not found the magic answer? Why was this taking so long? Why could she not be completely independent and not depend on other revenue? I have sat at many kitchen and […] Read more

Comment/Columns, Straight from the hip

Our legacy is not dependent on our accomplishments

By Brenda Schoepp September 26, 2016

I remember walking into my first Cattlemen’s meeting when I was a young woman. I was one of a very few ladies. Straight off the farm, I was not only unsure but politically uneducated and felt somewhat vulnerable. As the years rolled into decades the fear was replaced with confidence and my network grew to […] Read more

Hand over wheat field in early summer evening.

Comment/Columns, Straight from the hip

Farming is the future of Canada

By Brenda Schoepp June 28, 2016

Agriculture is a diverse and exciting industry. The variety of farms and the people who live on them weave the colour into the fabric of food production. There is no doubt we have a great future but how does that future differ from today? The urbanization of Canada will have an impact on our farming […] Read more

Livestock, Straight from the hip

We live in a vulnerable world

By Brenda Schoepp April 15, 2016

It is spring and the time when all Canadian farmers think of green grass, planting, awakening forests, early rains and trickling rebirth. This is our land and our livelihood and no one understands it better. Our soil, so firmly attached to our working boots, is the foundation of our existence and the reason for the […] Read more

Whenever the buyer wavers because of uncertainty, Canadian food producers and processors hold their breath.

Livestock, Straight from the hip

What does it take for farmers to earn public trust?

By Brenda Schoepp March 11, 2016

As a followup to the last column we ask the question: What does it take to earn public trust? A few initiatives are underway to answer that question and address the concerns that consumers have already expressed. It is not that the public does not mistrust farmers — they just don’t know them. The rural […] Read more

Straight from the hip

A balanced approach to corporate social responsibility

By Brenda Schoepp February 11, 2016

There is a shift happening in the business world and it’s coming to a company near you. It is the new, intensified and completely transparent model of corporate social responsibility. In many communities social responsibility has two tags: one is environmental and the other is community. Are the major employers playing by the rules of […] Read more

Livestock, Straight from the hip

Pointing people in the direction of simple science

By Brenda Schoepp January 14, 2016

I am looking at my teapot. It is not an ordinary teapot but one which you drain from the bottom as it sits on top of your cup. Simple enough in design but transformational in the tea time world. How often, I wonder, do we skip simple innovation or science to get to the point […] Read more

Livestock, Straight from the hip

How clean is our protein engine?

By Brenda Schoepp November 24, 2015

Woody breast has the poultry industry in a flap. Today, 50 per cent of the American broilers for slaughter suffer from the dense, dry tissue in the most expensive part of the bird. References to woody breast portray an industry in surprise and confusion. Hardly. The move toward single-trait selection for huge breasts on birds […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Straight from the hip

Beef — naturally

By Brenda Schoepp October 20, 2015

A chart on the slide laid it out in colour. Food sales in “natural” and “organic” products were not a niche or a fad — they were a well-established trend. Deep in a city boardroom shared with the major food industries, it became clear to me that what we assume of our urban and global […] Read more

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Ending antimicrobial resistance with a SNAPP

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Pointing people in the direction of simple science

How clean is our protein engine?

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